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Headlines  Out  Of  Capitol’s  JFK  Album?  • . MIDEM: 


Big  Meet  For  Publishers 
Highest  In ’66* 
BobMorganTo 


MGM,  Atlantic  Score 


December  31,  1966 


HeadMGMA&R  

British  Govt.  White  Paper  Adds  Pop  Program 

To  BBC;  Records  Get  6 Hour  Airing  Each  Day 

OMMY  ROE:  AFTER  ‘SWEET  PEA,'  HITS  COME  FASTER 


Int’l  Section 
Begins  Pg.  45 


Where  the  soul-satisfying  action  is. 
On  COLUMBIA  RECORDS^ 


High-voltage  singles 
getting  intense 
\ radio  play. 

\^^IVIy  Ancestors’ 

\0brfiy  Wilson  """ 


That’s  HowV 
Strong  My\ 
Love  Is” \ 

4-43857  A Sire  Production  1 

Mattie  Moultrie 


If 

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Cash 


Cash  Box 

Vol.  XXVIll-Number  24  December  31,  1966 


(Publication  Office) 


1780  Broadway 
New  York,  N.  Y.  10019 

(Phone:  JUdson  6-2640) 
CABLE  ADDRESS:  CASHBOX,  N.  Y. 


JOE  ORLECK  Chairman  of  the  Board 


GEORGE  ALBERT 

President  and  Publisher 

NORMAN  ORLECK 

Executive  Vice  President 

MARTY  OSTROW 

Vice  President 

LEON  SCHUSTER 

Treasurer 


IRV  LICHTMAN 

Editor  in  Chief 

EDITORIAL 

TOM  McENTEE  Associate  Editor 
RICK  BOLSOM 
ALLAN  DALE 
EDITORIAL  ASSISTANTS 
MIKE  MARTUCCI 
JERRY  ORLECK 

BERNIE  BLAKE 

Director  of  Advertising 

ACCOUNT  EXECUTIVES 
STAN  SOIFER 
BILL  STUPER 

HARVEY  GELLER,  Hollywood 


ED  ADLUM 

General  Manager 
COIN  MACHINES  & VENDING 

JOEL  VANCE,  Assistant 
LEE  BROOKS,  Chicago,  III. 

LISSA  MORROW,  Hollywood 
ART  DIRECTOR — WOODY  HARDING 
CIRCULATION — THERESA  TORTOSA,  Manager 

CHICAGO 
LEE  BROOKS 
29  E.  Msdison  St., 

Chicago  2.  III. 

(Phenol  Financial  0-7272) 


HOLLYWOOD 
HARVEY  GELLER 

6290  Sunset  Blvd., 
Hollywood  28,  Cal. 
(Phone:  Hollywood  6-2129) 


EUROPEAN  DIRECTOR 
NEVILLE  MARTEN 

ENGLAND 
NEVILLE  MARTEN 
Dorris  Land 
9a  New  Bond  St. 
London,  W1,  Eng. 
Tol'  Hyde  Park  2868 


ITALY 

MARIOPANVINI  ROSATI 
Oallorla  Pasaarella  2 
Milan  (Italy) 

Tell  790990 

GERMANY 
MAL  SONDOCK 
Jetef  Raps  Strasse  1 
Munich,  Germany 
Tel:  326410 

HOLLAND 
PAUL  ACKET 
ThereslastFOtt  59-65 
The  Hague 
Tel:  838500 
FRANCE 

CHRISTOPHE  IZARD 
94,  Rue  Octavo  Feulllet, 
Paris  XVI  Tell  870-9368 
BELGIUM 
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SCANDINAVIA 
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Sweden,  Tel:  69-46  99 
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Apartado  40^, 
Madrid 

Tell  257  0907—224  8600 


AUSTRALIA 
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8 Francis  St., 
Heathmont,  Victoria 
Tel:  87-6677 

ARGENTINA 
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Buenos  Aires, 

Tel:  69-1S38 

BRAZIL 

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MEXICO 

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Mexico  20,  D.  F., 
Tel:  24-68-67 

CANADA 
JOHN  MURPHY 
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Port  Arthur,  Ontario 
Tel:  (807)  344  3526 

JAPAN 

Adv.  Mgr.: 
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Editorial  Mgr.: 
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Tokyo 


RATES  820  per  year  anywhere  1 
**»•  U.  8.  A,  Published  weekly.  Second  class  posta( 
paid  at  Bristol,  Conn.  06012.  O.8.A. 

Copj^ght  O 1966  by  The  Cash  Box  Publishing  Cc 
Ino.  ^ nghta  reserved.  -Copyright  -under  UnWers 
Cepyright  Convention. 


LOOKING  AHEAD 


1966,  in  show  business  parlance, 
will  be  a tough  act  to  follow.  The  year, 
as  covered  in  an  editorial  here  two 
weeks  ago,  was  good,  great  and  fan- 
tastic for  labels  of  all  musical  shapes 
and  financial  sizes.  The  end  of  a calen- 
dar year  and  even  Holiday  revelry  do 
not  grind  to  a halt  the  activities  of  rec- 
ord companies,  of  course,  but  they  are 
convenient  occasions  for  the  Industry 
to  take-five  and  take  stock  of  record 
industry  past,  present  and  future. 

Since  we  have  already  surveyed  the 
past,  and  present,  we’ll  concern  our- 
selves with  the  future — the  year  1967, 
that  is.  There  Is  little  doubt  that  the 
start  of  the  New  Year  will  continue  to 
be  hey-days  for  pressing  plants  around 
the  country.  Activity  of  pressing  plants 
has  been  the  consistent  evidence  of- 
fered by  companies  to  indicate  that 
sales,  especially  LP  product,  are  boom- 
ing. Some  of  the  industry's  largest 
disk  operations  have,  in  fact,  noted 
that  their  own  overburdened  pressing 
facilities  have  necessitated  courtesy 
calls  on  other  plants  to  fill  orders  for 
product.  This  healthy  state  is  even 
more  remarkable  when  one  considers 
that  this  Holiday  Season  has  once 
again  failed  to  produce  a strong  Yule- 
themed  traffic  builder.  And  with  top- 
line new  material  waiting  in  the  wings 
for  release  Jan.  1 or  thereabouts,  1967 
should  benefit  greatly  from  the  mo- 
mentum of  the  closing  weeks  of  1966, 


As  for  that  new  product,  it’s  inter- 
esting to  note  that  many  labels  are 
sending  them  off  with  great  hulla- 
balloo, particularly  at  special  sales 
conventions,  which.  In  some  cases,  will 
match  those  summertime  conventions 
that  introduce  product  for  the  fall- 
winter  season. 

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The  industry  is  also  fortunate,  as 
our  poll  results  will  attest  to,  to  have 
so  many  strong  acts  who  show  every 
indication  that  their  popularity  has 
staying-power.  While  it  would  stifle  the 
industry  to  be  without  newcomers  of 
note,  this  powerhouse  reserve  from 
1966’s  showing  can  easily  pick-up  any  j 
slack  that  could  develop  In  the  recruit-  1 
ment  of  catalog  sounds. 

The  number  of  solid  acts  that  came 
along  In  1966  points  up,  we  feel,  the 
large  age  groupings  to  which  they  ap- 
peal, and  the  best  guarantee  of  sus-  | 
tained  success  Is  to  attract  a good 
cross  section  of  the  recording  buying 
public.  This  is  a key  reason  why  1966 
hit  the  spot,  and  why  the  coming  year 
should  do  likewise. 

From  our  vantage  point,  1967  looks 
like  a Happy  New  Year! 


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DECEMBER  31,  1966 


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TM  A BELIEVER 

MONKEES-Colgems-1002  1 

WINCHESTER  CATHEDRAL 

NEW  VAUDEVILE  BAND- 

Fontana-1562  2 

SNOOPY  VS  THE  RED  BARON 

ROYAL  GUARDSMEN-Laurie-3366  5 

MELLOW  YELLOW 

DONOVAN-Epic- 10098  3 

THAT'S  LIFE 

FRANK  SINATRA-Reprise-531  7 

GOOD  VIBRATIONS 

BEACH  BOYS-Capil'ol-5676  4 

SUGAR  TOWN 

NANCY  SINATRA-Reprise-527  9 

TELL  IT  LIKE  IT  IS 

AARON  NEVILLE-Parlow-101 

COMING  HOME  SOLDIER 

BOBBY  VINTON-Epic-10090 

A PLACE  IN  THE  SUN 

STEVIE  WONDER-Tannla-54139 

BORN  FREE 

ROGER  WlLLIAMS-Kapp-767 

(I  KNOW)  I'M  LOSING  YOU 

THE  TEMPTATIONS-Gordy-7057 

DEVIL  WITH  A BLUE  DRESS  ON  & 
GOOD  GOLLY  MISS  MOLLY 

MITCH  RYDER  & DETROIT  WHEELS- 
New  Voice“817  6 

GOOD  THING 

PAUL  REVERE  & RAIDERS- 

Columbia-43907  35 

SINGLE  GIRL 

SANDY  POSEY-MGM-13612 

WORDS  OF  LOVE 

MAMAS  & PAPAS-Dunhill-4057 

CRY 

RONNIE  DOVE-Diamond-214 

MUSTANG  SALLY 

WILSON  PlCKETT-Atlantic-2365 

STANDING  IN  THE  SHADOW  OF 
LOVE  ^ 

FOUR  TOPS-Motown-1 102 

EAST  WEST 

HERMAN'S  HERMITS-MGM-13639 

TALK  TALK 

MUSIC  MACHINE-Original  Sound-61 

1 NEED  SOMEBODY 

_?  (QUESTJON  MARKJ  & MYSTERIANS 
Cdmeo-441 

MAME  _ 

HERB  ALPERT-A&M-823 

TELL  IT  TO  THE  RAIN 

4 SEASONS-Philips-40412 


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20  24 

31  35 

21  31 

18  22 


58 


53 


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20 


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55 


26 


43 


33 


(I'M  NOT  YOUR)  STEPPING  STONE 

MONKEES-Colgems-1002  25 

I'VE  PASSED  THIS  WAY  BEFORE 

JIMMY  RUFFIN-Sour-32027  34 

LADY  GODIVA 

PETER  & GORDON-Capitol-5740  8 

IT  TEARS  ME  UP  " ' 

-PERC^X  SLEPGE-Atlantic-2358  15 

TRY  A^LtTTLE  Tenderness 

OTIS  REDDINGrVoIt-141  - 39 

YOU  KEEP  ME  HANGIN*^  ON 

' SU,PT?EMES-Moto^‘-Tl  OT  -g/ ' 16"  , 

WHISPERS 

JACKIE  W I LSQN-Bnjnswick'-5S300  23 

PANDORA'S  GOLDEN  HEEBIE  : 
JEEBIES  ^ 

THE  AS50aATI0N-VQlidnf-755.'  ’ 26 

STOP  STOP  STOP 

HOLLIES-liYiperial-66214  , ~ 19 


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35 

36 


12/24  12/17 


IT'S  ONLY  LOVE 

TOMMY  JAMES  & SHONDELLS- 


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Roujette-471 0 

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27 

HAPPENINGS  TEN  YEARS  TIME 
AGO 

YARDBIRDS-Epic-10094 

HELP  ME  GIRL 

37 

40 

ANIMALS-MGM-13636 

GEORGY  GIRL 

43 

51 

SEEKERS-CQpitol-7556 

NASHVILLE  CATS 

56 

61 

LOVIN'  SPOONFUL-Kama  Sutra-219 

52 

65 

WE  AIN'T  GOT  NOTHIN'  YET 

BLUES  MAGOOS-Mercury-7622 

I'VE  GOT  THE  FEELIN' 

51 

68 

NEIL  DIAMOND-Bang-536 

I'M  READY  FOR  LOVE 

MARTHA  & THE  VANDELLAS- 

28 

23 

Gordy-7056 

WHERE  WILL  THE  WORDS 
COME  FROM 

33 

11 

GARY  LEWIS-Liberty-55933 

KNOCK  ON  WOOD 

53 

64 

EDDIE  FLOYD-Stax-194 

I'M  THE  ONE  YOU  NEED 

32 

33 

MIRACLES-Tamla-54140 

I'M  YOUR  PUPPET 

30 

25 

JAMES  & BOBBY  PURIFY-Bell-648 

1 (WHO  HAVE  NOTHING) 

TERRY  KNIGHT  & PACK- 

41 

12 

Lucky  Eleven-230 

1 FOOLED  YOU  THIS  TIME 

42 

44 

GENE  CHANDLER-Checker-1 155 

HELP  ME  GIRL 

54 

59 

OUTSI  DERS-Capitol-5759 

COLOR  MY  WORLD 

43 

51 

PET  CLARK-Wamer  Bros.-5882 

GALLANT  MEN 

76 

SENATOR  DIRKSEN-CapitoI-5085 

98.6 

60 

81 

KEITH-Mercury-72639 

61 

67 

THERE'S  GOT  TO  BE  A WORD 

INNOCENCE-Kama  Sutra-214 

STAND  BY  ME 

55 

66 

SPYDER  TURNER-MGM-13617 

68 

73 

YOU  CAN  BRING  ME  ALL  YOUR 
HEARTACHES 

LOU  RAWLS-Capitol-5790 

A HAZY  SHADE  OF  WINTER 

SIMON  & GARFUNKEL- 

49 

47 

Columbia-43873 

RUN,  RUN,  LOOK  & SEE 

45 

17 

BRIAN  HYLAND-Philips-4040 

GHOST  RIDERS  IN  THE  SKY 

44 

42 

BAJA  MARIMBA  BAND-A&M-824 

PAPA  WAS  TOO 

62 

63 

JOE  TEX-Dial-4051 

GOODNIGHT  MY  LOVE 

67 

84 

HAPPENINGS-B.  T.  Puppy-523 

BAD  MISUNDERSTANDING 

66 

70 

CRITTERS-Kapp-793 

64 

69 

HOW  DO  YOU  CATCH  A GIRL 

SAM  THE  SHAM  & PHARAOHS- 


MGM-3649 

86 

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ANOTHER  NIGHT 

DIONNE  WARWICK-Scepter-12181 

82 

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48 

63 

KARATE 

EMPERORS-Mala-543 

71 

76 

6 

64 

LET  THE  GOOD  TIMES  IN 

DEAN  MARTI  N-Reprise-538 

72 

78 

'l9 

6S 

THE  GIRL  THAT  STOOD  BESIDE  ME 

BOBBY  DARIN-Atlantic-2365 

70 

74 

66 

BLUE  AUTUMN 

28 

BOBBY  GOLDSBORO-UA-50087 

74 

80 

KNIGHT  IN  RUSTY  ARMOUR 

PETER  & GORDON-Capitol-5808  — 


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100 


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HELLO  HELLO  i 

SOPWITH  CAMEL-Kama  Sutra-217  95  97  ,i 

GOING  NOWHERE 

LOS  BRAVOS-Pre3S-60003  73  77  , 

MAMA  ; 

CHER-lmperial-66223  75  82  ' 

WACK  WACK 

YOUNG  HOLT  TRIO-Brunswick-55305  81  100  ll 

LOOK  WHAT  YOU'VE  DONE  i 

POZO  SECO  SINGERS-Columbia-43927  78  85  i 

YOU  GOT  ME  HUMMIN'  ,i 

SAM  & DAVE-Stax-204  83  98  ,, 

ARE  YOU  LONELY  FOR  ME 

FREDDIE  SCOTT-Shout-207  78  85 

MUSIC  TO  WATCH  GIRLS  BY 

BOB  CREWE  GENERATION-  i' 

DynoVoice-229  — — il 

I'M  GONNA  MISS  YOU  J 

ARTISTICS- Brunswick-5530  79  86  i 

PUSHIN'  TOO  HARD 

SEEDS-GNP-372  80  83 

I HAD  TOO  MUCH  TO  DREAM  ' 

(LAST  NIGHT)  ' 

THE  ELECTRIC  PRUNES-Reprise-532  85  88  ^ 

GREEN  GREEN  GRASS  OF  HOME 

TOM  JONES-Parrot-40009  93  95  il 

COMMUNICATION  BREAKDOWN 

ROY  ORBISON-MGM- 13634  88  90  a 

WISH  ME  A RAINBOW  , 

GUNTER  KALLMANN-4  Cbrners-138  84  87  , 

KIND  OF  A DRAG  u ; i 

BUCKINGHAMS-USA-8968  89  — * 

JUST  ONE  SMILE  f 

GENE  PITNEY-Musicor-12-]9  _ 91  99 

HEY  LEROY,  YOUR  MAMA'S  - i 

.'■-L-  VA'lFiOl'sjJ  I 


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90 


100 


96 


919-4 


CALLING  YOU 

JIMMY  CASTOR-SmaslV-2069  ' ' ^ 

IF  YOU  GO  AWAY  " " 

DAMITA  JO‘Epic-5-:]0061 

IT'S  NOW  WINTER'S  DAY 

TOMMY  ROE-ABC- 10888 

PRETTY  BALLERINA 

LEFT  BANKE-Smash-2074 

I DIG  GIRLS 

J.  J.  JACKSON-Calla-125 

DEAD  END  STREET 

KINKS-Reprise^540 

BABY  WHAT  I MEAN 

DRIFTERS-Atlantic-2366 

GRIZZLY  BEAR 

YOUNGBLOODS-RCA-901 5 

LOOK  AT  GRANNY^RUN  RUN 

HOWARD  TATE-Veti/e-l  0464  -.r  100 

SHADOW  OF  YOUR  SMILE 

BOOTS  RANDOLPH-MonLlment-976  94^ 

LOVE  ME 

BOBBY  HEBB-Philips-40421  — 

TAKE  ME  FOR  A LITTLE  WHII,E 

-- PATTI  LaBEtLE  & THE  BLUEBEttES^.  ' 

' Atlantic-2373  - . ' ^ 

MERCY,  MERCY,  MER^Y 

CANNONBALL'  ADDERLY-  : 

CapitoJ-5798  : . , jJiij ■.Val I 

LITTLE  BLACK  EGG 

NIGHTCRAWLERS-Kdfjipj709  . 

OH  YEAH!  :--j  -w-ine!”' 

JOE  CUBA-i^XTET-TiGO-J490 

WALK 

2 OF  CLUBS-Fraternity-975 

THE  PARTY  , , , , , 

. -HECTOR  RIVERA-Barry.-lQi,<)'''  ' ‘ At 

CONSTANT  RAIN" 

SERGICT 'MENDES-A&M-825  s '-='2L. 

WALK  WITH  FAITH  IN  YOUR  , 
HEART^-- 

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99  — 


ALPHABETIZED  TOP  100  (INCLUDING  PUBLISHERS  AND  LICENSEES) 


A Hazy  Shade  Of  Winfer  (Charing  Cross  BMI)  . 55 

A Place  In  The  Sun  (Molown  BMI)  10 

Another  Night'  (Blue  Sear,  Jac  ASCAP)-  ...... 62 

Are' You  Lonely  For  Me  (Web  IV|  ..........  . 74 

At  The  Party  .(Twin  BMI)  100 

Baby-Whot  I Mean  (Unart  BMI)  90"- 

Ba'd  Misunderstanding  (Kama  Sutra  Music  BMI)  ..''60 

Blue  Autumn  (Una^^  BMI)  . 66 

Born  Free  (Screen  Gems,  (j^umbfo  BMI)  .........  11 

Color  My  World  (Northern  ASCAP)  49 

(coming-  Home  Sbldier-  IFeather  'BMl) . . 9 

Corrimunication  Sredlcdown  ' (Acuff,  Rose  BMI)  . >. . . 80 

Constant  Rain_(Peer  lnt‘1  BMI)  100 

Cry;(Shapirp  Bernstptn'XSCAP)  4 a'. ...  .‘,..!.17 

Dej^d  End  Street  (Mondvies,  Noma  BM.l}  89  . 

p^iyVhh  Ar-^lue  Bress^l-^obele,  Venice  fiM^  *1'3  ‘ 

Eas^  West  (Man  Ken  BMfj  .1... ^20 

Gallant  Men  {Chappell  ASCAP)  .50 

G^gy  GJrl  (Chappell  ASCAP)  \ 37 

Ghost  Riders  In  The  Sky  (Morris  ASCAP)  57 

Girl  That  Stood  Beside  Me  (Chardon  BMI)  65 

Going  Nowhere  (April  ASCAP)  69 

Good  Thing  (Daywin  BMI)  14 

Good  Vibrations  (Sea  Of  Tunes  BMI)  6 

Goodnight  My  Love  (Captain  Marble  BMI)  59 

Green  Green -Gross-  Of-Home  JTree  BMI)  , 79 

Grizzl/^Bear  (Whitfield  BMI)^ . .91 


Hoppenings  Ten  Years  Time  Ago  (Yardbirds, 

Leo  Feist  ASCAP)  35 

Hello,  Hello  (Great  Honesty  BMI)  68 

Help  Me  Girl  (Helios  BMI)  36,  48 

Hey  Leroy,  Your  Mama's  Calling  You  (Bozort  BMI)  84 

How  Do  You  Catch  A Girl  (Fred  Rose  BMI)  61 

1 (Who  Have  Nothing)  (Milky  Way  Trio,  Cotillion 

- BMI)  46 

I Dig  Girls  (Meager  BM!)  88 

1 Fooled  You  This  Time  (Cochond,  Golinee  BMI)  47 

1 Had  Too  Much  To  Dream  (Lost  Nigh!)  (4  Star 

BMI)  78 

I Need  Somebody  (Cameo  Parkway  BMI)  22 

If  You  Go  Away  (E.  B.  Marks  BMI)  85 

I'm  A Believer  (Screen  Gems,  Columbia  BMI)  ....  1 

I'm  Gonna- Miss  You  (Jalynne  BMI)  76 

(I  Know)  I’m  Losing  You  (Jobete  BMI)  12 

I'm  Ready  For  Love  (Jobete  BMI)  41 

I'm  The  One  You  Need  (Jobete  BMI)  44 

I'm  Your  Puppet  (Fame  BMI)  45 

It  Tears  Me  Up  (Fame  BMI)  28 

It’s  Now  Winter’s  Day  (Low  Twi  BMI)  86 

It's  Only  Love  (Tender  Tunes  BMI)  34 

I've  Got  The  Feelin’  (Jalynne  BMI)  40 

I’ve  Passed  This  Way  Before  (Jobete  BMI)  26 

Just  One  Smile  (January  BMI)  83 

Xorate  (Wilson  BMI)  63 

Kind  Of  A Drag  (Galileo  BMI)  82 


Knight  In  Rusty  Armour  (Barricade  ASCAP)  67 

Knock  On  Wood  (East  BMI)  43 

Lady  Godtvo  (Regent  BM!)  27 

Let  The  Good  Times  In  (Smooth  BMI)  64 

Litttle  Black  Egg  (Alison  ASCAP)  97 

Look  At  Granny  Run  Run  (Ragmor,  Rumbalero  BMI)  92 
Look  What  You’ve  Done  (Pocketful  Of  Tunes, 

Noma  BMI)  72 

Love  Me  (Act  IN,  Downstairs  BMI)  94 

Mama  (Chris  Marc-Cotillion  BMI)  70 

Marne  (E.  H.  Morris  ASCAP)  23 

Mellow  Yellow  (Donovan  Ltd.  BMI)  4 

Mercy,  Mercy,  Mercy  (Zawinul  BMI)  96 

Music  To  Watch  Girls  By  (SCP  ASCAP)  75 

Mustang  Sally  (Fourteenth  Hour  BMI)  18 

Nashville  Cats  (Faithful  Virtue  BMI)  38 

98.6  (Screen  Gems,  Columbia  BMI)  51 

Oh  Yeah  (Cordon  BMI)  98 

Pandora's  Golden  Heebie  Jeebies  (Beechood  BMI)  32; 

Papa  Was  Too  (Tree  BMI)  , 58 

Pretty  Ballerina  (Lazy  Day  ^Ml)  ..-'87 

Pushin'  Too  Hard  (Neil,  Seeds  BMI)  ...7^ 

Run,  Run,  Look  & See  (Little  Darlin*,  Low  Twi 

BMI)  56 

Shadow  Of  Your  Smile  (Miller  ASCAP)  93 

Single  Girl  (Combine  BM!)  15. 

Snoopy  Vs.  The  Red  Baron  (Fuller,  SanphiU.  - .-f- 

Windsong  BMI)  3 


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Stand  By  Me  (Progressive  BMH  1 53  ji 

''Standing  In  The  Shadow  Of  Ldve^- (Jobete  BMI)  ..  19 
Stepping  Stone  (Screen  Gems,  Columbia  BMI)  ....  25 

Stop  Stop  Stop  (Maribus  BMU  33  ,\ 

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Tell  it  Like  It  Is  (Orlop  BMI)  8 

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Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


U.  5,  Musk  Boom  Still  Booming 


NEW  YORK — The  U.S.  continues  to 
listen-along,  sing-along,  play-along  at 
a tremendous  pace,  reports  the  13th 
annual  survey  by  BMI,  “Concert 
Music  USA,  1967.” 

As  for  disks,  record  sales  are  the 
fastest  growing  segment  of  personal 
music  purchases,  rising  from  .062% 
to  .184%  of  personal  consumption. 
Purchases  of  album  sales  hit  $598 
million  in  1965.  The  personal  con- 
sumption figures  do  not  include  pur- 
chases of  phonos  or  radios,  nor  ad- 
missions to  musical  events,  but  only 
purchases  of  records,  sheet  music, 
musical  instruments  and  accesories. 
During  the  past  two  decades,  the 
music  industry’s  percentage  of  annual 
personal  consumption  expenditures 
nearly  doubled. 

According  to  the  American  Sym- 
phony Orchestra  League,  Americans 
support  1,385  symphony  orchestras — 
more  than  half  the  world’s  total. 

Quoting  Opera  News,  “Concert 
Music  USA,  1967”  points  out  that 
Americans  attended  4,777  perform- 
ances of  295  works  given  by  752 
opera-producing  groups. 

Using  statistics  compiled  by  the 
American  Music  Conference,  the  story 
of  music  education  is  highlighted  by 
reports  of  65,500  musical  groups — 
orchestras,  bands  and  “stage”  bands 
—in  schools  across  the  country.  The 
figure  does  not  include  the  numerous 
ensemble,  folk  and  chamber  music 
groups  found  in  many  schools,  or  the 
many  combos  formed  by  young  people 
on  their  own  initiative. 

The  492  orchestras  reporting  their 
1965-66  programs  to  the  annual  BMI/ 
ASOL  Survey  performed  works  by  573 
20th-century  composers  out  of  this  783 
whose  works  were  played.  A total  of 
6,720  performances  of  20th-century 
works  was  given  by  these  groups,  and 


three  times  as  many  20th-century 
composers  were  performed  by  these 
orchestras,  with  theii’  works  provid- 
ing one-third  of  all  performances. 

Dui’ing  1965,  Americans  spent  a 
staggering  $598,000,000  on  LP’s,  with 
concert  music  accounting  for  about 
15%  of  that  arnount.  The  choice  of 
recorded  music  is  vast  and  continues 
to  grow.  The  Schwann  Long  Playing 
Record  Catalog  for  November,  1966, 
listed  music  issued  on  559  labels. 

About  39,300,000  American  devoted 
some  of  their  leisure  time  to  making 
music.  In  1939,  there  were  only 
14,300,000  amateur  musicians  and 

19.000. 000  as  recently  as  1950.  In 
1965,  Americans  spent  about  $900,- 
000,000  on  instruments,  accessories 
and  sheet  music. 

The  piano,  with  22,700,000  players 
is  still  the  favorite  instrument,  ac- 
cording to  American  Music  Conference 
figures.  Guitar  ranks  second  with 

9.000. 000  players.  Rounding  out  the 
top  10  favorite  instruments  were  the 
organ  (4,000,000),  woodwinds  (3,700,- 
000),  brass  instruments  (3,500,000), 
“C”  melody  fiute  (2,200,000),  stringed 
instruments  (2,000,000),  accordion 
(1,100,000),  drums  and  ukulele  (1,000,- 

(Continued  on  page  36B) 


Capitol's  JFK  'Probe'  Packi^  May 


Add  More  Fuel  To  Great  Controversy 


NEW  YORK — A Capitol  album  cover- 
mg  the  assassination  of  President 
Kennedy  is  expected  to  make  several 
revelations  that  will  grab  nation-wide 
headlines. 

The  LP,  “The  Controversy,”  is 
being  rushed  by  the  label  for  release 
on  Jan.  6,  as  part  of  its  new  Probe 
documentary  series.  Cash  Box  ex- 
clusively made  known  the  production 
of  the  LP  in  the  issue  of  Dec.  3. 

Actually,  Capitol  decided  to  market 
the  set  several  weeks  before  orig- 
inally planned.  This  was  done  in  view 
of  the  now  settled  litigation  by  the 
President’s  widow,  Jacqueline  Kenne- 
dy, initiated  to  stop  the  publication 
of  William  Manchester’s,  “Death  of 
a President.”  A serialized  version  of 


FF^ONT  COVER: 


Tommy  Roe  began  1966  with  an 
ABC  waxing  called  “Sweet  Pea,”  and 
— talk  of  unhurried  hits! — the  date 
reached  its  peak,  number  9 on  the 
Cash  Box  Top  100  on  Aug.  6.  This 
was  not  to  be  pattern  for  future 
dates  since  his  follow-up,  “Hooray 
for  Hazel,”  and  current  side,  “It’s 
Now  a Winter’s  Day,”  got  quicker 
chart  reaction.  Tommy,  who  is  a 
regular  on  the  “Where  the  Action  Is” 
IV  series,  is  now  on  a domestic  tour. 

+ Tommy  will  be  released 

convention  in  Holly- 
wood, Fla.  next  month. 


Beach  Boys  Form  Label 

HOLLYWOOD — The  Beach  Boys  have 
formed  their  own  record  company. 
Brother  Records.  Based  out  of  a yet- 
to-be-announced  Hollywood  office,  the 
company  is  in  the  process  of  estab- 
lishing an  artist  and  exec  roster, 
according  to  Brian  Wilson,  producer 
of  BB  sessions  and  writer  of  their 
hits.  Wilson  will  be  exec  producer  of 
the  label.  He  serves  as  a Beach  Boy 
at  the  group’s  Capitol  recording  ses- 
sions, but  does  not  make  the  road 
with  the  team,  which  also  consists 
of  Carl  Wilson,  Dennis  Wilson  and 
Mike  Love.  A1  Jardine  and  Bruce 
Johnston  appear  with  the  BB’s  on 
tour. 

Brian  Wilson  also  noted  that  the 
new  company  is  presently  negotiating 
distribution  agreements  with  a U.S. 
and  foreign  labels. 

It’s  understood  that  the  BB’s  pact 
with  Capitol  has  two  more  years  to 
run.  There  was  no  indication  last 
week  as  to  what  the  formation  of 
Brother  Records  could  mean  in  the 
team’s  future  relationship  with  Capi- 
tol. 


AF  Oswald  Interyiew 


NEW  YORK — Audio  Fidelity  Records 
is  releasing  an  LP  called  “Lee  Harvey 
Oswald  Speaks.”  Oswald,  termed  the 
killer  of  President  Kennedy  by  the 
Warren  Commission,  heard  in  a radio 
interview  made  Aug.  13,  1963  by  a 
New  Orleans  radio  station.  Oswald  is 
interviewed  as  he  stands  on  a street- 
comer  passing  out  literature  for  the 
Fair  Play  for  Cuba  Committee,  of 
which  he  was  a member.  The  tapes 
were  brought  to  the  attention  of  AF 
through  Aubrey  Mayhew,  who  runs 
AF’s  country  label.  Little  Darlin’. 


the  now  famous  book  is  ready  to  start 
in  the  Jan.  10  issue  of  Look  Magazine. 

Capitol,  of  the  belief  that  the  LP 
vdll  be  of  “extraordinary  national 
significance,”  will  preview  the  sec  at 
a press  conference  to  be  held  Tues- 
day, Jan.  3,  at  the  Americana  Hotel 
in  New  York. 

Alan  Livingston,  president  of  Capi- 
tol, who  will  preside  at  the  press  con- 
ference, noted  last  week  that  the  LP 
contains  a number  of  “news  firsts” 
not  previously  presented  via  other 
communications  media.  This  includes 
an  interview  with  Jack  Ruby,  the 
killer  of  Lee  Harvey  Oswald,  named 
by  the  Warren  Commission  as  the 
lone  murderer  of  the  late  President, 
and  Oswald  himself.  There  are  also 
statements  by  eye-witnesses  who  sup- 
port the  “second  assassin”  theory; 
critics  and  advocates  of  the  Warren 
report,  and  personal  descriptions  of 
the  assassination  and  its  aftermath 
by  members  of  President  Kennedy’s 
motorcade. 

Lawrence  Schiller,  who  produced 
the  LP,  traveled  over  11,000  miles  to 
tape  interviews  with  many  different 
participants  in  the  tragic  events  of 
Nov.  22,  1963.  Schiller  has  produced 
all  Probe  LP’s  to  date,  including  one 
on  LSD,  the  late  comic  Lenny  Bruce 
and  an  upcoming  entry  on  homosexu- 
ality, due  for  release  at  the  end  of 
January. 


MIDEM  Shapes- Up  As  Publishers’  Bag 


NEW  YORK — With  a month  to  go  be- 
fore the  event  takes  place,  MIDEM, 
the  International  Record  & Music 
Publishing  Market,  is  shaping  up  as  a 
meeting-ground  for  the  world  of 
music  publishing. 

A listing  of  companies  signed-up  as 
of  Dee.  10  indicates  that  while  a host 
of  top  foreign  labels  will  be  present 
at  the  5-day  confab  in  Cannes,  France 
(Jan.  30-Feb.  4),  publishers  are  pen- 
ciling in  that  period  as  a “must.” 

As  for  American-based  company  in- 
terest, this,  too,  reflects  an  event 
catering  to  music  publishing  more 
than  any  other  segment  of  the  busi- 
ness. However,  overall  interest  from 
the  American  end  of  the  music  scene 
is  slight  with  only  two  major  U.S. 
labels,  Columbia  Records  and  Atlantic 
Records,  coming  on  their  own  behalf. 
RCA  Victor,  for  instance,  has  not  an- 
nounced plans  to  attend,  although  RCA 


France  and  RCA  Italiana  will  have 
representation.  Some  small  American 
labels,  such  as  GoGo  Records,  the 
Grief-Garris  company  handled  through 
Epic  Records,  B-Atlas  and  Jody  Rec- 
ords and  Mira  Productions,  have  also 
signed  up. 

From  the  music  publishing  end, 
American  participation  includes  A1 
Gallico  Music,  Jewell  Music,  Regent 
Music,  Schroeder  Music,  Phil  Specter’s 
Spectarious  Music  and  London  Rec- 
ords’ Burlington-Felsted  operation. 

Participation  by  Italian  and  Great 
Britain  music  companies,  both  labels 
and  music  publishers,  is  running  ahead 
of  all  other  nations. 

Clint  Wade,  American  rep  for 
MIDEM,  addressed  a luncheon  of  the 
International  Record  & Music  Men’s 
Club  here  last  week  (20),  filling  in 
those  attending  on  the  event.  Wade 
runs  a public  relations  firm  at  360 
East  55th  St.,  this  city. 


Bob  Morgan  Tops  MGM’s  A&R  Operations 


INDEX 

Album  Plans  24 

Album  Reviews 34-35 

Basic  Album  Inventory 3g 

Coin  Machine  Section  52-62 

Country  Album  Reviews  41 

Country  Music  Section 41-44 

Focus  On  Jazz 22 

International  Cover 45 

International  Section 45-51 

Juke  Box  Ops  Record  (luide 57 

Looking  Ahead  (Albums)  37 

Looking  Ahead  (Singles)  12 

New  Chart  Additions  18 

Platter  Spinner  Patter  ...!.!!  30 

R&B  Top  50 ' ’ ’ 28 

Radio  Active  Chart !!!!!!!.  8 

Record  Ramblings  20 

Singles  Reviews  ’ 14 

Sure  Shots ic 

Talent  On  Stage !« 

Top  100  Albums 37 

Top  100  Labels 35 

Upcoming  Events 30 


NEW  YORK — Bob  Morgan  has  joined 
MGM  Records  as  director  of  A&R 
operators  - exec  producer.  Morgan, 
most  recently  head  of  Epic  Records’ 
pop  A&R,  will  head  a program  that 
will  realize  a greater  output  of  in- 
ternally produced  material  designed  to 
build  catalog  product. 

He’ll  supervise  concept  and  plan- 
ning for  all  MGM/Verve  artists  and 
be  active  in  the  acquisition  of  new 
talent  and  masters.  While  he  does  not 
intend  to  produce  sessions  right  off 
the  bat,  he  told  Cash  Box,  he  will 
eventually  make  specific  albums  with 
MGM/Verve  pactees.  For  the  time  be- 
ing, he  explained,  he  will  seek  to  ob- 
tain an  “idea  of  the  label’s  current 
internal  A&R  picture.”  MGM’s  A&R 
roster  includes  Tom  Wilson  and  Pete 
Spargo  in  New  York,  Jim  Vino  in 
Nashville  and  Jesse  Kaye  on  the  west 
coast. 

Morgan  comes  to  MGM  from  eight 
years  of  service  with  the  Columbia 
organization.  For  the  past  three 
years,  he  has  been  responsible  for  all 
popular  product  and  A&R  producers 
with  Epic. 

In  his  tenure  with  Columbia  and 
Epic,  Morgan  was  responsible  for  dis- 
covering many  name  acts  which  he 
recorded.  They  include  the  Dave  Clark 
Five,  The  Yardbirds,  The  Brothers 
Four,  The  Clancy  Brothers  and  'Tom- 


my Makem,  Damita  Jo  and  Enzo 
Stuarti. 

He  produced  all  of  the  Bobby  Vin- 
ton Epic  hits,  including  “Roses  Are 
Red”  and  “Mr.  Lonely”  and  was  re- 
sponsible for  the  Brothers  Four  hit 
of  “Greenfields.”  He  also  made  singles 
and  albums  by  George  Maharis,  Jerry 
Vale,  Bobby  Hackett,  Jimmy  Dean, 
Cliff  Richard,  Damita  Jo,  Godfrey 
Cambridge  and  Buddy  Greco,  among 
others. 


BRIGHT  BEST  IN  '66 
MGM/VERVE 


NEW  YORK  — MGM  Records  con- 
tinued a pattern  of  sales  success  with 
returns  on  the  first  quarter  of  fiscal 
’67  showing  a 72%  increase  over  the 
same  period  last  year,  according  to 
Mort  Nasatir,  president.  MGM  and 
its  varied  divisions  have  already  given 
the  operation  its  best  year  in  history 
this  year. 

According  to  Nasatir,  each  of  the 
label’s  product  wings  “contributed  to 
(Continued  on  page  32) 


ATLANTIC 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


NEW  YORK — According  to  the  year 
end  report  of  Atlantic  president 
Ahmet  Ertegun  the  company  enjoyed 
the  greatest  year  in  its  history  dur- 
ing 1966.  Sal  eswere  reported  as  be- 
ing up  50  percent  over  1965.  Ertegun 
also  credited  such  producers  as  Jim 
Stewart  of  Stax-Volt,  Ollie  McLaugh- 
lin of  Karen  and  Carla,  Quin  Ivy  and 
Rick  Hall  of  Fame  and  Dial’s  Buddy 
Killen  for  contributing  enormously  to 
the  great  year  enjoyed  by  Atlantic- 
Atco. 

During  ’66  the  firm  scored  as  one 
of  the  hottest  singles  labels  in  the 
business  with  nearly  50  chart  items 
(Continued  on  page  36B) 


7 


RADIO  ACTIVE 
CHARTS 


Bobby  Moore 


rsY «! 

VE  AfiAIN 

CHECKER  1156 


Bo  Diddley 

OOH  BABY 

CHECKER  1158 


Bobby  McClure 


CHECKER  1152 


Gene  Chandler 

I FOOLED 
YOU 

THIS  TIME 

CHECKER  1155 


Andrea  Davis 

LONELY 

GIRL 


CHESS  1980 


A survey  of  key  radio  stations  in  all  important  markets  throughout  the  country  to  determine  by  percentage  of  those 
reporting  which  releases  are  being  add^  to  station  play  lists  this  week  for  the  first  time  and  also  the  degree  of  con- 
centration combining  previous  reports.  Percentage  figures  on  left  indicate  how  many  of  the  stations  reporting  this 
week  hove  added  the  following  titles  to  their  play  list  for  the  first  time.  Percentage  figures  on  right  include  Mai 
from  left  plus  the  percentage  title  received  in  prior  week  or  weeks.  (SURVEY  COMPLETED  TO  DECEMBER  21,  1966) 


% OF  STATIONS 
ADDING  TITLES  TO 
PROG.  SCHED. 

THIS  WEEK 

title  artist  label 

TOTAL  % OF 
STATIONS  TO  HAVE 
ADDED  TITLES  TO 
PROG.  SCHED. 

TO  DATE 

47  % 

Color  My  World — Petula  Clark — Warner  Bros. 

92% 

46%  : 

How  Do  You  Catch  A Girl — Sam  The  Sham — MGM 

79% 

45  % 

Communication  Breakdown — Roy  Orbison — MGM 

66% 

44  % ! 

Music  To  Watch  Girls  By — Bob  Crewe  Generation — DynoVoice 

44% 

43% 

1 Got  To  Go  Back — McCoys — Bang 

53% 

42% 

Knight  In  Rusty  Armour — Peter  & Gordon — Capitol 

48% 

41  % 

Dead  End  Street — Kinks — Reprise 

60% 

40% 

Kind  Of  A Drag — Buckinghams — USA 

82% 

39% 

Green  Green  Grass  Of  Home — Tom  Jones — Parrot 

88% 

38% 

Another  Night — Dionne  Warwick — Scepter 

92% 

37% 

Pretty  Ballerina — Left  Banke — Smash 

61% 

36% 

It’s  Now  Winter’s  Day — Tommy  Roe — ABC 

59% 

35% 

1 Had  Too  Much  To  Dream — Electric  Prunes — Reprise 

82% 

34% 

Gimme  Some  Lovin’ — Spencer  Davis  Groups— U. A. 

54% 

32% 

Grizzly  Bear — Youngbloods — RCA 

47% 

31  % 

Hello,  Hello Sopwith  Camel — Kama  Sutra 

94% 

30% 

Love  Me Bobby  Hebb^— Philips 

30% 

28% 

Full  Measure — Lovin’  Spoonful — Kama  Sutra 

28% 

27% 

You  Can  Tell  Me  Goodbye — Casinos — Fraternity 

27% 

26% 

Walk  With  Faith  In  Your  Heart — Bachelors — London 

31% 

25% 

Bittersweet — Robbs — Mercury 

33% 

24% 

Wack  Wack — Young  Holt  Trio— Brunswick 

62% 

22% 

Baby  What  1 Mean — Drifters — Atlantic 

58% 

21  % 

Stand  By  Me — -Spyder  Turner — MGM 

66% 

20% 

Hard  Lovin’  Loser — Judy  Collins — Elektra 

45% 

19% 

Wish  Me  A Rainbow — Gunter  Kallmann — 4 Corners 

76% 

18% 

Look  What  You’ve  Done — -Pozo  Seco  Singers^— Colombia 

80% 

17% 

That’s  The  Tune — Vogues — Co  & Ce 

24% 

16% 

Hey  Leroy — Jimmy  Castor — Smash 

16% 

15% 

Constant  Rain — Sergio  Mendes — A&M 

36% 

14% 

' Catch  Me  In  The  Meadow— Trade  Winds — Kama  Sutra 

20% 

13% 

There  Goes  My  Everything — Don  Cherry — Monument 

18% 

12% 

! Little  Black  Egg — ^Nightcrawlers — Kapp 

17% 

n % 

Just  One  Smile^— Gene  Pitney— Musicor 

1 

36% 

LESS  THAN  10%  BUT  MOIK  THAN  5% 

Total  % To  Date 

Sweet  Sounds  Of  Summer 
Shangri  Las  (Dang) 

26% 

Love  Me  Longer 

Vic  Damone  (RCA) 

7% 

Little  White  Lies 

Motley  Blues  Band  (Scepter) 

6% 

Walk  Tall 

2 Of  Clubs  (Fraternity) 

8% 

Midnight  Hour 

Kit  & The  Outlaws  (Philips) 

6% 

Hard  To  Get  Thing  Called  Love 
Tony  Bruno  (UA) 

5% 

Don't  Go  Out  Into  The  Rain 
Seagulls  (Columbia) 

8% 

Hurry  Sundown 

Peter,  Paul  & Mary  (Warner  Bros.) 

6% 

She  Comes  In  Colors 

Love  (Elektra) 

12% 

Love  Is  After  Me 

Charlie  Rich  (Hi) 

7% 

Last  Night 

Georgia  Fame  (Imperial) 

6% 

I'm  A Boy 

The  Who  (Decco) 

5% 

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Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


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11 


Mom. 


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LOOKING  AHEAD 


A compilation,  in  order  of  strength,  of  up  and  coming  records  showing  signs  of  breaking  into  The  Cosh  Box  Top  100.  List  is  compiled  from  retail  outlets. 


1 i'VI  GOT  TO  HAVE  A REASON 

® (Bfonston — 6A1/j 

Dave  Clark  Five  (Fpic  10114} 

^ i'M  GONNA  MAKE  YOU 
^ LOVi  ME 

Dee  Dee  Warwick  (Mercury  72638) 

% WEDDING  BELL  BLUES 

^ /Celestial — BMI) 

Laura  Nyro  (Verve  folkways  5024) 

1 THERE'S  SOMETHING  ON 
^ YOUR  MIND 

(Mercedes — 8M I } 

Baby  Ray  (Imperial  66216) 

5  SINCE  I DON'T  HAVE  YOU 

IBonnyview — ASCAPj 

Lou  Christie  (MGM  13623) 

6  DAY  TRIPPER 

(Moclen — BMI) 

Ramsey  Lewis  (Cadet  13477) 

7  GIMME  SOME  LOVIN' 

* (Essex— ASCAP) 

Spencer  Davis  Group  (UA  50I0S) 

8  OH  BABY 

(ABC  Music— BMI) 

Bo  Diddley  (Checker  1158) 

9  TINY  BUBBLES 

(Granite — ASCAPj 
Don  Ho  (Reprise  507) 

I A THE  TRAMP 

^Modern — BMI) 

Lowell  fulsom  (Kent  456) 

1 1 I GOT  TO  GO  BACK 

■ ' fWefa  IV,  Trio— BMI) 

McCoys  (Bang  538) 

17  THAT'S  THE  TUNE 

(TM-BMI) 

Vogues  (Co  & Ce  242) 


1 A LET'S  FALL  IN  LOVE 

■ ^ I'Bourne — ASCAPj 

Peaches  & Herb  (Date  1623) 

1 C SOUL  SUPERMAN 

® ^ (MUtbridge,  Poiarh — BMI) 

Hesitations  (Kapp  790) 

IT  TAKES  TWO 

(Jobete — BMI) 

Kim  Weston  & Marvin  Gaye 
(Tamla  54141) 

17  HURRY  SUNDOWN 

' ' (Northern— ASCAP) 

Peter,  Paul  & Mary  (Warner  Bros.  5883) 

1 Q I LOVE  MY  DOG 

* ” (Speclorious — BMI) 

Cat  Stevens  (Deram  7501) 

1 q I'M  YOUR  BREAD  MAKER 
' ' BABY 

(Exceflorec,  Jamil — BM/j 
S/;m  Harpo  (Excetio  2282) 

70  your  EVER  CHANGIN'  MIND 

(Gil— BMI) 

Crispian  St.  Peters  (Jamie  1328) 

71  A GOOD  LOVE 

* * (Ragmar,  Crenshaw — BMI) 

Lorraine  fllison  (Warner  Bros.  5879) 

ALL 

{B.  8.  Marks — BMI) 

James  Darren  (Warner  Brothers  5874) 

7*3  I'VE  LOST  MY  HEART  AGAIN 

(Bourne— ASCAP) 

Jerry  Vale  (Columbia  43895) 

JA  HARD  LOVIN'  LOSER 

(Wilmark-BMI) 

Judy  Collins  (Elektra  45610) 

75  BEND  IT 

(Spectorious — BMI) 

Dave  Dee,  Dozy,  Beaky,  Mick  & Tick 
(Fontana  1559) 


|0  WHAT  IS  SOUL 

* ^ /Pronto,  fost — BMI) 

Ben  f.  King  (Atco  6454) 


26 


PLAIN  JANE 

(Crazy  Cajun,  Poker — BMI) 

B.  J.  Thomas  fScep#er  12179) 


27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 


GROWN  UP  GAMES 

/Screen  Gems,  Columbia — BM/j 

Vic  Dana  (Dolton  326) 

BACK  IN  THE  SAME  OLD  BAG 
AGAIN 

(Don— BMI] 

Bobby  Bland  (Duke  412) 

WHAT  MAKES  IT  HAPPEN 

(Shapiro,  Bernstein — ASCAPJ 

Tony  Bennett  (Columbia  43954) 

THE  BEARS 

(Preacher — BMI) 

The  Fastest  Group  Alive  (Valiant  754) 

CHILDREN  OF  ST.  MONICA 

/Let  It  Happen — BM/j 

Don  Grady  (Canterbury  501) 

YOUR  EVER  CHANGIN'  MIND 

(Gil— BMI) 

TAKIN'  THE  BACK  ROADS 

(Tridon — BM/j 

Trini  Lopez  (Reprise  536) 

PEAK  OF  LOVE 

/Chevis — BM/J 

Bobby  McClure  (Checker  1152) 

THAT'S  LIFE 

(4  Slars-BMIJ 

96  TEARS 

(Comeo  Parkway — BM/J 

Big  Moybelle  (Rojac  112) 

FULL  MEASURE 

(Tailhlul  Virtue — BM/J 

Lovin'  Spoonful  (Kama  Sutra  219) 

NASTY 

(Saturday — BM/J 

Richard  & The  Young  Lions 
(Philips  40414) 

SIT  DOWN.  I THINK  I LOVE 
YOU 

/Screen  Gems,  Columbia — BM/J 

Mojo  Men  (Reprise  539) 

LOVE  YOU  so  MUCH 

New  Colony  Six 


70  SOUL  SISTER 

•4^  (Chekaway — BMI) 

Four  Gents  (HBR  509) 

4Q  LITTLE  WHITE  LIES 

(Bregmon,  Vocco,  Conn — ASCAP) 

Motley  Blues  Band  (Scepter  12177) 

41  WHY  DO  YOU  WANT  TO 
^ ' HURT  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVE 

/ Johnny  R /vers — BM / j 
Marvel ios  (Loma  2061) 

47  I'M  GONNA  MAKE  YOU 

love  me 

/Screen  Gems,  Co/umb/o — BM/j 
Shadows  Of  Knight  (Dunwich  141) 

4'5  AIN'T  NO  SOUL  IN  THESE 
OLE  SHOES 

IT  M— BMI) 

Major  Lance  (Okeh  7266) 

44  YOU  DON'T  HAVE  TO  SAY 
****  YOU  LOVE  ME 

(Miller— ASCAP) 

Arthur  Pysock  (Verve  10470) 

45  CATCH  ME  IN  THE  MEADOW 

(Kama  Sufra  Music — BM/J 

Trade  Winds  (Kama  Sutra  214} 

Afx  I CAN'T  PLEASE  YOU 

//ronhorn — BM/j 

Jimmy  Robbins  (Jerhart  207) 

47  SWEETEST  ONE 

(Polaris,  Melbridge — BM/J 
Metros  (RCA  Victor  47-8994} 

40  GRITS  AND  CORN  BREAD 

/Pure  Soul,  Keyman — BM/j 
Soul  Runners  (Mo  Soul  101) 

4Q  THE  HABIT  OF  LOVING  YOU 

(Leigh— ASCAP) 

Nino  Tempo  & April  Stevens 
(White  Whale  241) 

5f|  MIDNIGHT  HOUR 

(East,  Cotillion— BMI) 

Kit  & Outlaws  (Philips  40420) 


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Of  the  Week 


BRING  IT  UP  (2:45)  [Dynatone,  BMI — Brown,  Jones] 

JAMES  BROWN  & FAMOUS  FLAMES  (King  6071) 

The  innumerable  followers  of  “Soul  Brother  No.  1”  should  come  out 
strong  for  this  latest  effort  by  Brown  and  his  powerhouse  group.  The 
side  is  tabbed  “Bring  It  Up”  and  it’s  a throbbing,  soulfilled  shouter 
in  the  finest  James  Brown  tradition.  “B”  side  information  was  not  avail- 
able at  press  time. 

OUR  WINTER  LOVE  (2:17)  [Cramart,  BMI— Tubert,  Cowell] 
WARM  (2:15)  [Fisher,  ASCAP — Krontes,  Jacobson] 

THE  LETTERMEN  (Capitol  5813) 

All  those  lovers,  of  all  ages,  should  have  their  hearts  warmed  with 
this  latest  side  from  the  Lettermen.  The  top  lid  is  “Our  Winter  Love,” 
as  gentle  a romancer  as  there  is.  The  sweeping,  string  filled  “Warm” 
is  more  sounds  in  the  same  bag. 


Newcomer  Picks 


GO  WHERE  YOU  WANNA  GO  (2:15)  [Trousdale,  BMI— Philips] 
TOO  POOR  TO  DIE  (2:27)  [Rivers,  BMI — Hutchison,  Gordon] 

THE  5th  DIMENSION  (Soul  City  753) 

The  5th  Dimension  (three  guys  and  two  girls)  do  this  tune  from  the 
Mamas  and  Papas  catalog  with  a driving  ferocity  that  should  get  it 
spun  and  sold.  “Go  Where  You  Wanna  Go”  is  the  lid’s  title  and  the  pow- 
erful harmonies  and  throbbing,  engulfing  ork  backing  makes  this  a 
must  play  item.  “Too  Poor  To  Die,”  is  a solid,  soulful  affair. 


THE  DOLPHINS  (3:51)  [Third  Story,  Coconut  Grove,  BMI — Neil] 
BADI-DA  (3:00)  [Third  Story,  Cocoanut  Grove,  BMI — Neal] 

FRED  NEIL  (Capitol  5786)) 

The  deep,  melodic,  rhythmic,  blues  feel  of  Fred  Neil  should  spread 
and  wide  based  on  this  groovy  outing  titled  “The  Dolphins.”  The  tune 
is  a multi-paced,  haunting,  drawn  out  item  with  Neil  giving  a husky, 
powerful  reading  to  his  winding  lyric.  “Badi-Da”  is  a real  funky  outing. 


THE  PLAYGROUND  (3:00)  [Gallico,  BMI— Cooper,  Catana] 
WHAT’S  ONE  MORE  TEAR  (2:13)  [Gallico,  BMI— Cooper,  Catana] 
BARBARA  COOPER  (RCA  Victor  9048) 

New  to  the  scene  lark  Barbara  Cooper  should  have  a click  on  her 
hands  with  this  haunting  lid  tabbed  “The  Playground.”  The  infectiously 
arranged  sound  smoothly  sweeps  behind  the  songstress’  building  reading 
of  the  meaningful  ditty.  “What’s  One  More  Tear”  is  an  effective  me- 
dium-paced outing. 


BALLAD  OF  WALTER  WART  (Brrriggett)  (2:20) 

[Guard,  BMI— Smith] 

THORNDIKE  PICKLEDISH  CHOIR  (MTA  114) 

This  very  cute  ditty  is  a ballad  concerning  the  life  of  a freaky  frog 
named  Walter  Wart.  Delightful  romp  is  likely  to  put  the  Thorndike 
Pickledish  Choir  on  the  top.  No  information  availavle  on  the  flip  at  this 
time. 


Best  Bets 


NEW  WAVE  (Canterbury  503) 

• WHERE  DO  WE  GO  FROM 
HERE  (2:25)  [Handratoone, 
BMI — Ander,  King]  Chamber  music 
background  for  thin,  reedy  vocal. 
This  offering  is  a novelty  which 
could  catch  on.  A very  interesting 
item  indeed. 

(B-k)  NOT  FROM  YOU  (2:10) 
[Handratoone,  BMI  — Ander, 
King]  Enchanted  island  effect  pro- 
duced by  instrumental  arrangement 
Cool,  clear  vocal. 


MIGHTY  SAM  (Amy  973) 

I ® I’M  A MAN  (3:02)  [Papa 

i Don,  Sunalee,  BMI — Oldham, 

j Penn,  Hinton]  Soulful,  gentle  R & B 
I offering  Soft,  lilting  melody  could  lift 
I this  one  up  the  chart  ladder. 

^ (B-J-)  GEORGIA  PINES  (2:37) 

^ [Unart,  Shu-fin,  BMI — Buie, 

f ..-L  ikins]  'Wailing,  mournful  R & B lid. 


P.  J.  PROBY  (Liberty  55936) 

• NIKI  HOEKY  (2:35)  [Nova- 
lene,  BMI  — P.  Vegas,  L. 
Vegas,  Ford]  Thumping,  rocking  of- 
fering with  steady,  insistent  beat. 
Heavy,  swaying  effect.  Might  find 
popularity  with  a wide  audience. 

(B+)  GOOD  THINGS  ARE  COM- 
ING MY  WAY  (2:20)  [Met- 
ric, BMI — Legault]  Sinuous,  winding 
melody  on  this  rock  outing. 


THE  SATELLITES  (Parrot  313) 

• BODACIOUS  (2:27)  [Feather, 
BMI — Gorlock,  Gillis]  Funky, 
tub-thumping  instrumental.  Insinuat- 
ing rhythm.  May  see  a good  deal  of 
sales  action. 

(B-K)  EL  SAN  JUAN  (1:50) 
[Feather,  BMI  — Gorlock, 
Gillis  Mellow  Latin  instrumental. 


iiiiil 


TED  FORD  (Gaye  3034) 

• HOLD  ON  TO  THE  KEY 

(2:08)  [Low-Budd,  BMI  — 

Ford,  Spears]  Swinging  R & B lid 
with  brassy  arrangement  backing 
vocal.  Could  be  a large  hit. 

(B-h)  YOU  DON’T  LOVE  ME 

(2:40)  [Low-Budd,  BMI  — 

Ford,  Spears]  Blues-drenched  R & B 
workout.  Mournful,  soulful  quality. 


DEARLY  BELOVED 
• WAIT  TILL  THE  MORN- 
ING (1:59)  [Knob  Hill,  BMI 
—Walker]  Breezy,  easy-going  rock 
item.  Persuasive  beat,  catchy  melody. 
Might  be  a solid  chart  contender. 


(B-h)  YOU  AIN’T  GONNA  DO 
WHAT  YOU  DID  TO  HIM 
TO  ME  (1:50)  [Knob  Hill,  BMI  — 
Freiser]  Pounding,  steady,  medium- 
paced  rock  effort. 


JOLLY  GREEN  GIANTS 
(Redcoat  101) 


• BUSY  BODY  (2:04)  [Low- 
ery, BMI — Johnson]  Fast- 

moving,  hard-driving  rock  outing. 
Could  score  big  with  rock-oriented 
teens.  Frenetic  rhythm  suited  to  fran- 
tic dancing. 

(B-k)  CAUGHT  YOU  REDHAND- 
ED (2:17)  [Pulsation,  BMI — 
Anderson]  Shimmering,  winding  rock 
effort. 


VAL  DOONICAN  (Press  5008) 

• WHAT  WOULD  I BE  (2:25) 
[Partita,  BMI — Trent]  Grace- 
ful, sliding  melody  line.  Lush  string 
arrangement  backs  up  vocal.  This 
one  could  be  a big  winner. 

(B-h)  GENTLE  MARY  (2:37) 
[Painted  Desert,  BMI — Sharp] 
C & W-flavored  lid.  Strong,  singable 
melody. 


THE  JOHNNY  MANN  SINGERS 
(Liberty  55938) 

• A JOYFUL  NOISE  (2:34) 
[Churchill,  BMI  — Brand, 
Nassau]  From  the  Broadway  musical 
“A  Joyful  Noise,”  this  effort  is  a 
rousing,  ringing  song.  Could  hit  big 
with  followers  of  the  show  and  the 
listening  public  in  general. 

(B-h)  WHITHER  THOU  GOEST 
(3:00)  [Churchill,  BMI  — 
Brand,  Nassau]  Tender  love  song 
from  the  same  show. 


TOMMY  FINCH  (Cobra  1000) 

• STREET  WITHOUT  JOY  Pt. 
1 (3:15)  [Nacynbar,  BMI — R. 

Finch]  This  effort  concerns  the  war  in 
Viet  Nam.  Paints  a sad  picture  of  war 
scenes.  This  one  might  prove  a top- 
ical success. 

(B-f)  STREET  WITHOUT  JOY  Pt. 

2(3:18)  [Nacynbar,  BMI — R. 
Finch]  More  of  same  over  here. 

VIKKI  CARR  (Liberty  55937) 

• UNTIL  TODAY  (2:48) 
[Churchill,  BMI  — Brand, 

Nassau]  Lyrical  vocal  from  the  Broad- 
way musical  “A  Joyful  Noise.”  Could 
ride  on  wave  of  popularity  high  up 
on  the  charts. 

(B-f)  NOW  I KNOW  THE  FEEL- 
ING (2:27)  [Duchess,  BMI  — 
Barros,  Spencer,  Lyra]  Slender, 
breathless  vocal  from  the  same  show. 

KAREN  SUE  (United  Artists  50088) 

e WILD,  WILD  ROSES  (2:33) 
[United  Artists,  Pavanne, 
ASCAP — Stanton,  Psalidas,  Badale] 
Wailing,  soulful  rock  outing  with  a 
heavy,  thumping  beat.  This  deck 
could  very  well  see  lots  of  chart 
action. 


(B-h)  NOBODY  LOVES  A LOSER 
(2:17)  [United  Artists,  Pav- 
anne, ASCAP — Badale,  Simon]  Sad, 
slow-paced  rock  ballad  with  chirping 
arrangement  backing  up  the  vocal. 

THE  CHARLES  RANDOLPH 
GREAN  SOUNDE  (Dot  16982) 

• PETER  AND  THE  WOLF 
(2:00)  [Sun- Vine,  BMI]  Rock 

version  of  classical  air.  Melody 
emerges  intact  and  rhythm  back- 
ground adds  spice  to  the  effort.  Might 
be  a very  popular  instrumental  in- 
deed. 

(B-h)  THEME  FROM  “STAR 
TREK”  (2:14)  [Bruin,  BMI— 
Courage]  Organ  version  of  TV  theme. 

AESOPS  FABLES  (Atco  6453) 

« HIDIN’  MY  LOVE  (3:15) 

[Pronto,  Lou  Carl,  BMI — Bot- 
tari,  Columbe]  Slow,  deliberate,  care- 
fully delivered  vocal.  The  workout 
could  break  out. 

(B-f)  I’VE  GOT  TROUBLES  (2:35) 
[Pronto,  Lou  Carl,  BMI — -Bot- 
tari]  Jumping,  rhythmic  rock  effort. 

TERRY  & THE  TOPICS 
(Coral  62509) 

• JUST  A GIGOLO  (2:53) 
[DeSylva  Brown  & Hender- 
son, Alamo,  ASCAP — Caesar,  Casuc- 
ci]  Rock  version  of  pop  standard.  In- 
tense vocal  blended  with  thumping  in- 
strumental arrangement.  Might  prove 
to  be  a mover. 

(B-f)  WHERE’S  MY  PUSSYCAT 
(2:33)  [Champion,  BMI — Mer- 
lino]  Shuffling,  guitar-picking  rock 
outing. 

mTrLENE  DIETRICH 
(Decca  32076) 

• THIS  WORLD  OF  OURS 
(2:25)  [Northern,  ASCAP — 

Debout,  Colpet,  Harrison]  Husky,  re- 
ligious effort.  Dietrich  magic  could 
make  this  one  happen.  Keep  an  eye 
on  it. 

(B-f)  CANDLES  GLOWING  (2:36) 
[Gil-A-Rex,  BMI— Olias,  Bad- 
er, Harrison]  Soft,  slow  Christmas 
vocal. 

SMALL  FACES  (RCA  Victor  9055) 

• MY  MIND’S  EYE  (2:02) 
[Miller,  ASCAP  — Marriott, 

Lane]  Lilting,  infectious  melody  with 
a fresh  sound.  This  workout  might 
claim  a strong  foothold  on  the  charts. 
(B-f)  I CAN’T  DANCE  WITH  YOU 
(3:15)  [Leading,  ASCAP  — 
Marriott,  Lane]  Tenacious,  slinky  rock 
offering. 

CHIP  AND  DAVE  TRIO 

(Decca  32073) 

• WHO’S  TO  SAY  (2:48) 
[Summerwind,  Champion,  BMI 

— Immer]  Breezy,  bright,  melodic 
rocker.  Soft,  fluid  arrangement. 
Might  be  a chart-climber.  Watch  this 
one. 

(B-f)  EVERYBODY’S  LAUGHING 
(2:20)  [Summerwind,  Cham- 
pion, BMI — Immer]  Rollicking,  frisky 
rock  lid. 


MARTI  SHANNON 
(RCA  Victor  9053) 

• THERE’S  LOVIN’  TO  DO 
(2:44)  [Northern,  BMI  — 
Keller]  Frail,  fragile  vocal  which  has 
style  and  verve.  Could  very  well  be 
a chart  item  on  the  basis  of  its  slid- 
ing melodic  effects. 

(B-f)  ON  YOUR  WAY  (2:21) 
[Faithful  Virtue,  BMI  — 
Harden]  Will-o’-the-wisp  quality 
creates  unique  sound  on  this  outing. 


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flLENT  ON  STAGE 


FOUR  TOPS 

CATHY  CARR,  CHARLIE  BARNET 


NEW  't¥0£K  — Last  week’s  opening- 
night  at  Basin  Street  East  was  a 
truly  diversified  bill  of  fare.  The  top 
of  the  bill  was  filled,  and  was  surely 
superbly  filled,  by  Motown’s  Four 
Tops.  The  stylish  quartet  is  a fine 
representative  of  contemporary  rec- 
ords artists  at  their  best.  They  sing 
their  hits  and  make  them  sound  like 
the  records  that  you  heard  on  the 
radio.  They  sing-  standards  with  a 
fine  practiced  harmony  and  they  work 
on  stage  with  a polish  that  bespeaks 
long  hours  with  a choreographer  and 
even  longer  hours  of  pure  practice. 
Not  only  however  do  the  Tops  enter- 
tain you  but  they  get  the  audience 
to  entertain  itself,  via  handclapping, 
singing  and  shouting.  This  is  easy 
enough  at  a college  or  teen  concert, 
but  at  a top  flight,  top  price  N.Y. 
nitery  it’s  something  else. 

The  entire  body  of  Motown  artists 


have  shown  themselves  to  be  practi- 
tioners of  the  art  of  show  business, 
and  the  Four  Tops  are  among  the 
best  of  the  best. 

After  an  extensive  absence  from 
the  club  scene,  lark  Cathy  Carr  made 
her  comeback  debut  and  brought  fond 
smiles  to  the  faces  of  the  throng.  Her 
while  back  smash  record  “Ivory 
Tower’’  was  remembered  by  one  and 
all  and  Cathy’s  news  of  her  returning 
to  the  record  as  well  as  the  club 
scene  was  cheered.  Her  new  act  is 
certainly  pleasant,  although,  as  with 
any  new  enterprise,  it  needs  to  get 
the  corners  smoothed  over. 

Charley  Barnet  and  his  big  band 
provided  the  musical  backing  and  the 
40ish  sound  was  enjoyable  as  well  as 
nostalgic.  Barnet  has  a solid  group  of 
musicians  gathered  together  for  the 
stay  and  their  sound  should  be  en- 
joyed by  young  and  old  alike. 


JOAN  BAEZ 


SURE 
SHOTS 

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HELLO  HELLO 

SOPWITH  CAMEL Kama  Sutra  217 

GREEN  GREEN  GRASS  OF  HOME 

TOM  JONES Parrot  40009 

KNIGHT  IN  RUSTY  ARMOUR  * 

PETER  & GORDON  Copitol  5808 

MUSIC  TO  WATCH  GIRLS  BY  * 

BOB  CREWE  GENERATION  DynoVoice  229 

HEY  LEROY,  YOUR  MAMA'S  CALLING  YOU 

JIMMY  CASTOR  Smash  2069 

PRETTY  BALLERINA 

LEFT  BANKE Smash  2074 

I DIG  GIRLS 

J.  J.  JACKSON Callo  125 


DEAD  END  STREET 

KINKS Reprise  540 


BARBARA 


HOLLYWOOD:  A pair  of  silver  lin- 
ings to  the  dark  clouds  over  Delano 
were  the  two  benefit  concerts  offered 
here  last  week  by  Miss  Baez  under 
the  sponsorship  of  KRLA  and  Doug 
Weston.  With  4000  farm  workers 
— continuing  their  struggle  on  the 
plains  surrounding  Delano,  Calif, 
(possibly  the  last  great  battleground 
for  unionization  in  our  land),  this  ur- 
ban folk  laureate  who  sings  of  the 
contradictions  of  peace  and  war,  jus- 
tice and  injustice  and  God  and  coun- 
try, filled  the  Santa  Monica  Civic  au- 
ditorium with  warmth,  beauty  and 
simple  eloquence. 

It  was  fitting  that  her  opening  song 
should  concern  itself  with  the  “Plane 
Wreck  at  Los  Gatos,”  Woodie  Guth- 
rie’s polemic  dedication  to  our  mi- 
grant farm  hands  (“is  this  the  best 
way  we  can  raise  our  good  orchards — 
is  this  the  best  way  we  can  grow  our 
good  crops?”).  Other  tunes,  part  of 
the  contemporary  folk  scene  but 
steeped  in  the  tradition  of  Ledbetter, 
Robeson  Hays  and  Seeger,  included 
Phil  Oakes’  “There  But  For  Fortune,” 


NEW  YORK  — Before  a devoted 
throng  of  young  admirers,  Eric  An- 
derson, Vanguard  recording  artist, 
backed  by  an  electric  bass  guitar,  a 
piano,  and  drums,  created  his  own 
special  brand  of  magic  at  the  Cafe 
Au  Go  Go  last  week  (17).  Singing  a 
group  of  folk  songs,  all  but  one  of 
which  (“Come  Back  Baby,”  by  Dave 
van  Ronk)  he  wrote,  the  fei'tile  song 
writing  ability  of  the  artist  was  dra- 
matically brought  home  to  his  audi- 
ence. 

The  hauntingly  beautiful  melody, 
“I  Shall  Go  Unbounded,”  was  sung 
early  in  the  program.  The  very  next 
tune,  however,  “The  Hustler,”  pro- 
duced the  only  false  note  of  the  eve- 
ning. The  delicate,  fragile  musical 
texture  of  the  song  was  invaded  by 


Dylan’s  “All  Over  Now  Baby  Blue” 
and  “Hard  Rain’s  A-Gonna  Fall”  and 
an  exquisite  Donovan  ballad  (Miss 
Baez  could  not  recall  its  title).  All 
were  presented  with  compelling  con- 
viction and  classic  purity.  A warm-up 
group  called  the  Nitty  Gritty  Dirt 
Band,  six  uninhibited  boys  utilizing- 
washboards,  banjos,  aluminum  tubs 
and  mandolins  delighted  the  sell-out 
crowd  with  a version  of  the  kiddie 
evei'green  “Teddy  Bear’s  Picnic,”  fus- 
ing Blue  Grass  to  Spike  Jones.  It’s 
a highly  visual  act  which  bears 
watching.  But  it’s  questionable 
whether  they  can  be  quite  as  spec- 
tacular on  disks. 

In  all.  Miss  Baez  raised  $17,500  for 
the  Delano  farm  workers  at  the  Santa 
Monica — more  than  double  the  figure 
that  Seeger  managed  a year  ago  here 
with  a single  concert  for  the  same 
cause.  Just  a srimption  of  the  funds 
needed  for  what  is  expected  to  be  a 
protracted  and  costly  conflict.  But, 
not  unlike  Miss  Baez’  own  Institute 
for  the  Study  of  Non-Violence,  it  is — 
at  least — a beginning. 


a harsh,  strident  drum-beat,  which, 
with  its  “hard  rock”  sound,  was  to- 
tally out  of  place.  The  infernal  drums 
also  detracted  from  the  charm  of  the 
lyrics  of  “Sixteen- Year  Grudge,” 
a whimsical  tale  of  adolescent  rebel- 
lion. 

Anderson,  in  addition  to  “Sixteen- 
Year-Grudge,”  performed  three  tunes 
written  since  the  release  of  his  last 
album:  “I  Ain’t  Broken-Hearted, 

Mama”;  “It’s  A Far  Cry  From 
Heaven  But  A Short  Cry  From 
Home”;  and  “Just  A Little  Some- 
thing.” 

The  singer  ended  his  regular  pro- 
gram with  the  rousing,  rocking  blues 
effort,  “That’s  Alright,  Mama.”  The 
crowd  cheered  madly  and  implored 
Anderson  to  continue. 


HOLLYWOOD — Every  day  somebody 
or  other  is  discovering  Barbara  Mc- 
Nair. It  has  been  going  on  for  at 
least  nine  years.  One  of  these  days 
(or  nights)  it’s  going  to  happen  for 
keeps.  Soon  (maybe  not  tomorrow  but 
soon,  as  the  song  goes)  that  elusive 
unreachable  star  will  be  within  her 
orbit. 

Based  on  opening  night  perform- 
ance here  at  the  Westside  room  at  the 
Century  Plaza  she  deserves  the  ac- 
colade that  Mel  Torme  accorded  her 
several  years  back  — “one  of  the 
world’s  all  time  feminine  girl  woman 
female  singers.”  She  is  obviously  a 
woman  and  unquestionably  a singer. 
And  she  delights  in  exhibiting  her  fine 
form  in  both  spheres  with  at  least 
a dozen  show  stoppers  in  her  45  min- 
ute stint.  Opener  (“Nothing  Can  Stop 
i Me  Now”)  is  the  keynote  address  for 
: an  act  which  encompasses  a number 
: of  off  beat  titles,  special  material  and 
! a smattering  of  standards  offered  en- 
gagingly, intensely  (but  without  the 
Stanislavsky  or  “method  school”  ap- 


i HOLLYWOOD — No  matter  how  you 
1 mis-spell  it,  the  Young  Gyants  are  a 
' bantam  sized  group  of  youthful  mu- 
sicians with  megalosaurian  potential. 
Fronted  by  reed  man  John  d’Andrea, 
this  septet  (two  reed,  two  brass  and 
I three  rhythm)  manage  to  fuse  the  big 
band  sound  of  the  forties  convinc- 
ingly to  the  neoteric  roll  of  the  ’60’s. 
Refreshingly,  the  band  doesn’t  just 
swing.  It  rocks.  Tastefully,  tunefully 
and  with  integrity.  Mostly  to  titles 


McNAIR 

proach  utilized  by  a number  of  her 
peers)  and  with  electric  assurance. 

Over  a year  since  she  has  per- 
formed in  her  one  time  home  town, 
the  act  is  almost  all  new.  One  high- 
light is  a series  of  sharp  satirical 
take-offs  on  Pearl  Bailey  (“Tired”), 
Eartha  Kitt  (“Evil”),  Jackie  Mason  ■ 

and  Carol  Channing  (“Diamonds”). 
And  another  is  the  Ron  Miller  rouser 
“What  A Day”  from  her  recent  “Here 
I Am”  LP.  Of  this  Miss  McNair  . 
fetchingly  advises,  “If  you  liked  the  ' 
song,  it’s  in  my  new  Motown  album. 

If  you  weren’t  too  crazy  about  it,  re- 
member, there  are  eleven  others.” 

Closer  “I  Had  A Ball”  could  easily 
caption  this  revue.  Comedian  Bill  Cos- 
by, who  intro’d  her  to  the  celebrity 
packed  assembly,  said,  “To  know  her 
or  to  hear  her  is  to  love  her.” 

Credit  conductor  Coleridge  Perkin- 
son  for  excellent  arrangements  and 
the  Frankie  Ortega  orchestra  for 
sparking  the  sizzling  act. 

Show  closes  Jan.  1,  which  gives  you 
only  about  a week  to  fall  in  love. 


which  are  current  (“Monday  Mon- 
day”, “Alfie,”  “Paperback  Writer,” 
“Boots  Are  Made  For  Walkin’  ”)  with 
several  contemporary  treatments  of 
more  standard  material  (“Tangerine,” 
“Primrose  Lane”  and  “Slaughter  On 
10th  Avenue”). 

Opening  at  the  Chez  was  pre- 
ceded by  richly  deserved  hoopla  from 
mentor  Bob  Marcucci  and  flack  David 
Mirisch  with  Dick  Clark  intro’ing  the 
band  to  a star  packed  audience. 
Cameo-Parkway  prexy  A1  Rosenthaul 
flew  from  Philly  for  the  event  (host- 
ing a party  for  about  300  including  , 
press,  record  distribs  and  personnel  j 
and  celebs)  with  Gyants’  initial 
Cameo-Parkway  LP  distributed  to 
first  nighters.  Response  to  show  was 
snontaneous — a standing  ovation  for 
the  newly  organized  combo. 

Conceived  by  d’Andrea  some 
months  back,  youngster  charted  the 
book  and  assembled  studio  musicians 
for  the  album.  Like  the  TJB  and  other 
successful  groups  of  recent  vintage, 
it  was  followed  by  organizing  a live 
replica  for  in-person  appearances. 
D’Andrea,  who  rather  resembles  TJB 
leader  Herb  Alpert,  is  a handsome 
as  well  as  talented  musician  who,  in 
the  past  two  years,  has  solo’d  as  a 
singer  on  disks.  He  vocalizes  here  too 
(occasionally  joined  by  guitarist 
Chuck  Day  and  bassist  Ron  Brown) 
exhibiting  a fine  jazz  feel.  But  he 
should  borrow  a track  from  Alpert 
and  work  at  developing  more  precise 
and  pointed  patter  between  numbers. 


We’re  LONG 


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THE  YOUNG  GYANTS 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


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ADDITIONS 

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NEW  TOP  100  SINGLES 

*67— KNIGHT  IN  RUSTY  ARMOUR 

Peter  & Gordon  (Capitol  5808) 

*75 — MUSIC  TO  WATCH  GIRLS  BY 

Bob  Crewe  Generation  (DynoVoice  229) 

*84— HEY  LEROY,  YOUR  MAMA'S 
CALLING  YOU 

Jimmy  Castor  (Smash  2069) 

*87— PRETTY  BALLERINA 

Left  Banke  (Smash  2074) 

*88 — 1 DIG  GIRLS 

J.  J.  Jackson  (Calla  125) 

*89— DEAD  END  STREET 

Kinks  (Reprise  S40) 

94— LOVE  ME 

Bobby  Hebb  (Philips  40421) 

96 — MERCY,  MERCY 

Cannonball  Adderly  (Capitol  5798) 

98— OH  YEAH! 

Joe  Cuba  Sextet  (Tico  490) 

100— AT  THE  PARTY 

Hector  Rivera  (Barry  1010) 

100 — CONSTANT  RAIN 

Sergio  Mendes  (A&M  825) 

100— WALK  WITH  FAITH  IN 

YOUR  HEART 

Bachelors  (London  20018) 

NEW  TOP  100  ALBUMS 

*74 — RENAISSANCE 

Association  (Valiant  VLM  VLS  5004) 

*86— MUSIC  OF  HAWAII 

H”nry  Mancini 

(RCA  Victor  LPM  LSP  3713) 

*88 — 1 DO!  1 DO! 

Original  Broadway  Cast 
(RCA  Victor  LOC  LSO  1128) 

92 — ALFIE 

Billy  Vaughn  (Dot  DLP  3751  DIP  25751) 

93—  WISH  ME  A RAINBOW 

Gunter  Kallmann 
(4  Corners  SCL/SCS  4235) 

94 —  COLLECTIONS 

Young  Rascals  (Atlantic  M,S  8134) 

97— BUDDY  RICH:  SWINGIN'  NEW 

BIG  BAND 

(Pacific  Jazz  PJ  101 13  ST  20113) 

NEW  TO  TOP  50  IN  R&B  LOCATIONS 

26 — ANOTHER  NIGHT 

Dionne  Warwick  (Szepter  12181) 

39 — TAKE  ME  FOR  A LITTLE 

WHILE 

Pattie  LaBelle  & The  Bluebelles 
(Atlantic  2373) 

43— CROSS  CUT  SAW 

Albert  King  (Stax  201) 

46— COME  BY  HERE 

Inez  & Charlie  Pox  (Musicor  1201) 

48 — EVERYBODY  DANCE  NOW 

Soul  City  (Goodtime  801) 

. - . . - 

NEW  YORK — Audio  Fidelity  and  its 
affiliated  labels  showed  strong  domes- 
tic and  foreign  sales  for  1966,  Her- 
man Gimbel,  president,  has  reported 
to  his  board  of  directors.  Interim 
reports  by  Alexander  Grant  & Co., 
accountants  and  auditors  for  the  com- 
pany, showed  a domestic  sales  in- 
crease of  30%  over  the  comparable 
period  for  1965  and  a 36%  gain  in 
sales  by  Audio  Fidelity  Records’  for- 
eign licensees.  The  Canadian  opera- 
tion reflected  an  increase  of  22%  over 
last  year.  The  labels  include  Karate, 
Little  Darlin,’  Audio  Rarities  and 
Kinor. 

Since  Gimbel  assumed  control  of 
Audio  Fidelity,  the  company  has  been 
undergoing  a vigorous  expansion  pio- 
gram.  Auffio  Fidelity  entered  the  pop 
market  with  its  Karate  label  which, 
within  a short  period  of  time,  enjoyed 
its  first  hit  single,  “Juanita  Banana”; 
this  was  soon  followed  by  the 
“Juanita  Banana”  album.  Since  its 
inception  in  the  middle  of  1966,  the 
Little  Darlin’  label  singles  and  LP 
releases  have  appeared  on  the  country 
and  western  charts  consistently.  The 
Audio  Fidelity  label  itself  added 


Ken  Lutfman  Opens 
Indie  Promo  Firm 

NEW  YORK  — Ken  Luttman  Enter- 
prises, an  indie  promo  service,  has 
been  formed.  Luttman,  a 15-year  vet 
in  sales  and  promo,  said  he  would  ap- 
proach this  area  with  a limited  num- 
ber of  accounts  in  order  to  give  a 
maximum  of  effort  in  obtaining  air- 
play and  sales.  He  will  contact  major 
radio  stations  and  one-stops  in  the 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  Hartford 
and  Boston  markets.  He  was  national 
promo  manager  for  United  Artists 
Records  and,  for  the  past  five  years, 
district  singles  promo  manager  for 
Capitol  Records.  His  firm  operates  out 
of  20  Balmoral  Crescent  in  White 
Plains,  New  York. 


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about  sixty  new  LP’s  during  the  past 
year.  It  released  15  new  LP’s  in  its 
classical  line,  including  a deluxe 
seven-record  boxed  set  of  the  nine 
Beethoven  Symphonies,  and  a two- 
record  set  of  Beethoven’s  8th  and  9th 
Symphonies. 

Gimbel  also  introduced  exciting 
new  packaging  concepts  for  many  of 
Audio  Fidelity’s  new  albums  which 
were  enthusiastically  received  by 
Audio  Fidelity’s  distributors.  Carl 
Shaw,  vice  president  of  the  company, 
just  returned  from  the  west  coast 
after  negotiating  for  a new  jazz  line, 
details  of  which  will  be  announced  at 
a later  date. 

Gimbel’s  plans  for  1967  are  to  con- 
tinue the  company’s  expansion  pro- 
gram by  acquiring  new  artists,  new 
repertoire  and  imaginative  merchan- 
dising. 

Three  New  Artists 

AF  has  inked  three  new  artists, 
Tony  Tanner,  who  appeared  in  “Half 
a Sixpence”  and  the  movie  version 
of  “Stop  the  World,”  The  Four  Aces 
and  Vincent  Lopez.  They  will  appear 
in  LP’s  due  early  next  year. 


Queen  Elizabeth,  Wilson 
Praise  Legacy's  'Kennedy' 

NEW  YORK — High  praise  for  the 
CBS  Legacy  Collection  set,  “John 
Fitzgeralcl  Kennedy  ...  As  We  Re- 
member Him,”  has  come  from  Brit- 
ain’s Queen  Elizabeth  and  Prime 
Minister  Harold  Wilson,  who  were  re- 
cently presented  copies  of  the  release. 

Spokesmen  indicated  that  the 
! Queen  had  greatly  enjoyed  looking 
j at  the  book  and  was  eager  to  listen 
I to  the  records.  In  a letter  to  Kenneth 
i Glancy,  managing  director  of  CBS 
■ Records,  Ltd.,  in  England,  Prime 
1 Minister  Wilson  commented  on  the 
illustrated  book  and  two-record  set: 
“I  am  extremely  honored  and  pleased 
to  receive  these  and  shall  keep  them 
I with  great  pride  with  my  own  collec- 
I tion.” 

A biography  of  President  Kennedy 
I from  childhood  to  the  White  House, 
! “As  We  Remember  Him”  is  the  larg- 
I est  and  most  successful  Legacy  Col- 
! lection  publication  ever  released.  The 
j set  contains  two  LP’s  and  a 241-page 
book  which  features  letters  and  docu- 
i ments  written  by  members  of  the 
I Kennedy  family  and  by  close  personal 
friends  and  political  associates  of 
! John  Fitzgerald  Kennedy.  Much  of 
{ the  recorded  material  was  taped  espe- 
i dally  for  this  set,  and  many  of  the 
photographs  contained  in  the  book 
, were  previously  unpublished. 

The  Queen  and  Pidme  Minister 
were  also  presented  with  copies  of  the 
other  eight  CBS  Legacy  Collection 
publications.  These  include  “First 
Performance — Lincoln  Center  for  the 
Performing  Arts,  Philharmonic  Hall, 
September  23,  1962,”  “The  Badmen,” 
“The  Revolution,”  “The  Confeder- 
acy,” “The  Union,”  “Mexico,”  “The 
Mormon  Pioneers”  and,  most  recently, 
“The  Irish  Uprising/1916-1922.” 


Atlantic  Music  Buys 
Charlie  Parker  Tunes 

NEW  YORK  — The  Charles  Parker 
estate  has  sold  its  entire  holdings  of 
24  Charlie  Parker  songs  to  Michael 
H.  Goldsen’s  Atlantic  Music  Corpora- 
tion. Catalog  contains  his  instru- 
mentals which  have  appeared  on  his 
Verve  recordings  and  are  jazz  classics 
throughout  the  world. 

These  twenty-four  songs  are  added 
to  Goldsen’s  other  six  Charlie  Parker 
compositions  which  include  such  tunes 
as  “Moose  The  Mooche,”  “Yardbird 
Suite,”  “Scrapple  From  The  Apple,” 
j “Dewey  Square,”  “Ornithology”  and 
j “Confirmation.” 

j New  recordings  will  be  issued  on 
; the  recently  acquired  compositions  in 
I addition  to  publishing  a special  folio 
! edition. 


HARM  Names  Committee  To 

PHILADELPHIA  — The  committee 
for  nominations  for  1966  NARM 
(rack-jobber)  awards  has  been  se- 
lected, reports  John  Billinis,  presi- 
dent. This  committee  will  be  respon- 
sible for  submitting  the  nominees  for 
the  1966  NARM  Awards.  The  final 
voting  on  the  awards  is  done  by  the 
record  merchandisers  members  of 
NARM  (rack  jobbers).  The  awards 
will  be  presented  at  the  annual 
NARM  awards  banquet,  which  will 
be  held  Thursday  evening,  March  9, 
in  the  Los  Angeles  Ballroom  of  the 
Century  Plaza  Hotel  in  Los  Angeles, 
as  the  highlight  of  the  social  sched- 
ule of  the  association’s  ninth  annual 
convention.  The  Convention  convenes 
in  Los  Angeles  on  March  5. 

Members  of  the  committee  which 
will  submit  nominees  for  eighteen 
categories  in  which  awards  will  be 
presented,  are  as  follows:  Ben  Bartel 
(Cal  Raks,  Los  Angeles,  California) ; 
Pat  Moreland  (Record  Service  Com- 
pany, Los  Angeles,  California) ; Lee 
Steen  (Recordwagon,  Woburn, 
Mass.) ; John  T.  Edgerton  (Pic-A- 
Tune,  Emeryville,  California) ; Stan- 
ley Jaffe  (Consolidated  Distributors, 
Seattle,  Washington) ; Manuel 
Swatez  (J.  L.  Marsh  Company,  Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota) ; George  Souvall 
(Arizona  Sundries,  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona) ; Sam  N.  Morrison  (Knox 
Record  Rack,  Knoxville,  Tennessee)  ; 
Larry  M.  Rosmarin  (Record  Dis- 
tributing Company,  Houston,  Texas)  ; 
Jack  Silverman  (Major  Record  Serv- 
ice, Des  Moines,  Iowa)  ; Charles 
Murray  (Stark  Record  Service, 


Select  Awards  Nominees 

Cleveland,  Ohio)  ; Richard  Stultz 
(Record  Supply  (Ilompany,  Orlando, 
Florida) ; Fred  Traub  (Disco,  Boston. 
Mass.) ; Jay  Jacobs  (District  Records, 
Washington,  D.C.) ; David  Press  (D 
and  H Distributing  Company,  Harris- 
burg, Penna.) ; Harold  Rietz  (Record 
City  Record  Racks,  Milwaukee,  Wis- 
consin) ; Vic  Faraci  (Musical  Isle 
Record  Corp.,  Chicago,  Illinois) ; 
Jack  Grossman  (Merco  Enterprises, 
Melville,  New  York);  Jack  Geldbart 
(L  and  F Record  Service,  Atlanta, 
Georgia)  ; and  Carl  Glaser  (Disceries, 
Inc.,  Buffalo,  New  York). 

The  categories  in  which  NARM 
Awards  will  be  presented  include 
Best-Selling  Hit  Single  Record;  Best 
Selling  Album;  Best  Selling  Movie 
Sound  Track;  Best  Selling  Comedy 
Album;  Best  Selling  Male  Vocalist; 
Best  Selling  Female  Vocalist;  Best 
Selling  Country  and  Western  Artist; 
Best  Selling  Folk  Artist;  Most 
Promising  Male  Vocalist;  Most  Prom- 
ising Female  Vocalist;  Best  Selling 
Vocal  Group;  Best  Selling  Instru- 
mental Group ; Best  Selling  Orches- 
tra; Best  Selling  Children’s  Line; 
and  Best  Selling  Economy  Product. 

Upon  finalization  of  the  Awards 
Ballot,  when  the  selection  committee 
has  prepared  the  choices  which  will 
appear  on  the  final  ballot,  the  ballots 
will  be  sent  to  the  record  merchan- 
diser members  of  NARM,  and  will  be 
returned  to  an  independent  account- 
ing firm,  which  will  tabulate  the  re- 
turns. No  prior  announcement  of  the 
winners  is  made  until  the  evening  of 
the  Awards  Banquet. 


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RAMBLINGS 


William  Kermit  Smith  tells  us  that 
the  Velvet  Underground  & Nico  will 
work  a l-week  gig  at  Montreal’s 
“EXrO-67,”  from  Jan.  16th  to  23r(l. 
During  this  stay  they  will  tape  an 
Ed  Sullivan  TV'^’er.  The  group  is  also 
scheduled  for  a 30-day  European  tour 
to  begin  in  mid-Mar.  This  tour  will 
be  promoted  by  Giorgio  Gomelsky. 
Robert  Wace,  and  William  Kermit 
Smith. 

Steve  Paul’s  The  Scene  has  booked 
the  Velvet  Underground  and  Nico. 
As  an  added  attraction,  Andy  Warhol 
will  make  a film  in  the  West  46th  St. 


12th.  The  lark  has  been  spending  a lot 
of  time  of  late  in  Paris. 

Debbie  Lori  Kaye,  Columbia’s 
young  Canadian  lark  who  made  such 
a big  splash  with  Bob  Hope  at  the 
CNE,  has  been  signed  to  a manage- 
ment contract  with  Saul  Holiflf,  man- 
ager of  Johnny  Cash  and  the  Statler 
Bros.  She  has  just  been  booked  to  do 
a Tommy  Hunter  Show  with  her  first 
exposure  due  early  in  1967. 

Vaughn  Monroe  opens  at  the  Rain- 
bow Grill,  Dec.  26. 

Joey  Dee  brings  his  new  combo  into 
Trude  Heller’s  Village  nitery  Dec. 
26th  for  a debut  engagement  of 


HOLMES,  McFADDEN  DEBBIE  LORI  KAYE  ERIC  ANDERSON 

& COMMANDERS 


nitery  at  the  same  time.  So,  if  you 
want  to  be  in  pictures.  . . . you 
know  where  to  go.  Even  if  you  don’t 
particularly  care  to  be  immortalized 
on  celluloid,  there’s  a lot  happening 
at  The  Scene  with  groups  like  the 
Young  Rascals,  the  Youngbloods,  and 
the  Free  Spirits  appearing  weekly  in 
“dance/concerts.” 

Carl  Holmes  and  the  Commanders 
with  Ruth  McFadden,  headliners  at 
Cheetah’s  New  York  and  Chicago 
openings,  begin  a 2-week  engage- 
ment at  Cheetah  (53i'd  and  B’way) 
Dec.  22nd  through  Wed..  Jan.  4th. 
Sharing  the  Yuletide  bill  is  Mike  St. 
Shaw,  who  is  being  held  over  for  an 
additional  week. 

Eric  Anderson  is  set  for  an  up- 
coming concert  at  Town  Hall. 

Billy  Meschel  of  Hugo  & Luigi, 
has  noted  that  the  David  Garrick 
deck  on  Piccadilly  of  “Dear  Mrs. 
Applebee’’  has  been  doing  very  well 
in  England.  The  tune  is  out  in  the 
U.S.  on  the  A&M  label  and  was  also 
done  by  Flip  Cartridge  for  the  Par- 
rott label. 

“In  My  Life”  the  latest  Judy  Col- 
lins LP  is  “sensational,  it’s  breaking 
out  all  over;  it’s  going  Folk,  Pop, 
Jazz,  and  Good  Music,”  according  to 
Elektra’s  Steve  Harris.  Steve  also 
notes  that  Tom  Paxton  is  soon  to 
make  his  Carnegie  Hall  debut. 

Way  up  in  Rochester,  N.Yk,  A1 
Cecere  has  gotten  2 singers  named 
Timmy  Chiles  and  Tony  Pilitt^re. 
Timmy  will  be  coming  into  New 
York  during  the  Christmas  week  to 
cut  his  first  single  “Lonelv  Tears” 
“Playmate.”  Tony  Pilittere’s  deck  is 
“You  Wouldn’t  Believe  Me”/“It’s  Not 
That  Way.”  Tony  was  formerly  with 
the  Wee-Four  on  the  Nu-Sound 
label. 

Australian  born  Lana  Cantrell  will 
make  her  second  appearance  on  the 
Ed  Sullivan  TV’er,  Jan.  1st.  She  is 
scheduled  for  four  such  appearances 
this  season. 

The  Serendipity  Singers  are  set  for 
a Jan.  29th-Feb  4th  tour  of  9 schools 
in  the  Pennsylvania  area.  . . . the 
Four  Fifths  (Columbia)  are  set  for 
Altman’s  fashion  show  Dec.  28th. 
Their  current  release  is  “If  You  Still 
Love  Me.” 

Del  Serino  has  announced  the  sign- 
ing of  the  English  Setters  to  Peer- 
Southern.  They  are  a self  contained 
umt  and  write  their  own  material. 

Hush  Dallas  and  Sal  Lacanta  just 
itopped  by  the  Ramblings  office. 

Gale  Garnett,  who  sang  her  way  to 
nr^TninsTice  with  “We’ll  Sing  In  The 
returns  to  New  York  after 
- ’ Lw  1-  .s'waj’'  hiatus  to  co-star  with 
-A  - ■■•er  and  Hal  Buckley  in  the 
■ ' ■ ---Ain  Krasna  comedy,  “Love 

i - P . ’.A  , ’ scheduled  to  open  Feb. 


3-weeks  Billed  as  the  New  Starliters, 
Joey’s  group  will  share  the  bandstand 
with  the  Scoundrels  and  singer  Bertha 
Colbert. 

The  Reprise  single  of  songs  from 
Irving  Allen’s  new  Matt  Helm  ad- 
venture. “Murderers’  Row,”  sung  by 
Dean  Martin,  is  being  distributed  to 
music  stores  across  the  nation  for 
joint  promotion  with  the  Christmas 
play-dates  for  the  Columbia  Pictures 
release.  The  sides  on  the  deck  are: 
“I’m  Not  The  Marrying  Kind”  and 
“Let  The  Good  Times  In.” 

Ravi  Shankar  is  in  the  U.S.  for  con- 
certs. He  was  welcomed  at  a reception 
at  the  Asia  House  Dec.  20.  On  the 
21st,  22nd,  and  23rd,  he  played  com- 
pletely different  concerts  at  Philhar- 
monic Hall.  Shankar’s  magnificent 
work  with  the  sitar  has  had  a great 
deal  of  influence  on  the  modern  day 
pop  music  scene. 

“All  In  Love”,  the  Jacques  Urbont, 
Bruce  Geller  musical  version  of 
Sheridan’s  “The  Rivals”,  was  present- 
ed by  Equity  Theater  players  from 
December  2-18  at  the  Master  Theater. 
The  production  is  published  by  E.  B. 
Marks. 

HOLLYWOOD: 

It’s  not  very  often  (if  ever)  that 
the  L.  A.  Times  devotes  a full  page 
to  a new  record  label  or  dinner  party. 
But  that  it  did  to  Chisa  Records’  bash 
last  week  at  the  former  Leonard 
Firestone  estate.  The  firm  (encom- 
passing the  talents  of  jazz  trumpeter 
Hugh  Masekela,  vocalist  Letta  and 
groups  such  as  the  Zulus  and  Bwanas) 
brought  together  more  than  300  so 
ciety,  artist  and  musi''al  luminaries 
to  the  home  of  Don  and  Molly  Chap- 
pellet  in  Beverly  Hills.  This,  for  a 
private  concert  which  turned  out  to 
be  anything  but  private. 

The  L.  A.  Times  headlined  it  “The 
Party  That  Grew  Until  . . . ZOP! 
Affair  began  when  Chisa’s  g.m.  and 
musical  director  Larry  Spector  was 
invited  to  bring  some  of  the  new 
label’s  talents  to  the  Chappellet's  for 
dinner  and  music.  It  \'^'as  to  have 
been  a rather  simple  affair — not  more 
than  30 — but  word  leaked  out  and 
friends  told  friends — phones  started 
ringing — and  ZOP!  We  encountered, 
among  many  others,  the  Henry 
Fondas,  Peter  Fonda,  Anne  Baxter, 
Ted  Feigan,  Danny  Davis,  Bill  Har- 
bach,  David  Crosby,  Brandon  De 
Wilde,  Teri  Thornton,  Dinah  Shore, 
Larry  Bell  (he  flew  in  from  N.Y.  for 
the  occasion)  and  Herbert  Moss. 
Highlight  of  the  evening  wms  Mase- 
kela (who  has  cut  two  albums  for 
MGM ) and  his  quartet  who  performed 
in  the  living  Chappellet  room — a com- 
bination of  tribal  African  tunes,  gos- 
pel and  rock  wdth  several  recent  chart 


titles.  His  version  of  “It’s  Not  Un- 
usual” is.  If  you  haven’t  already 
chanced  upon  his  name,  start  re- 
hearsing it  now.  Chances  are  it  could 
soon  be  as  household  as  TJB,  Zen  and 
Sears-Roebuck. 

Another  party  this  past  week — a 
surprise  one  for  Koppelman-Rubin’s 
Johnny  Bond  who  was  scheduled  to 
leave  for  Philly  this  past  Monday 
Affair  was  held  at  Martoni’s  with 
many  local  jocks  and  west  coast  music 
men  attending.  But  most  surprised 
was  the  gang  who  planned  the  event. 
Bond  has  decided  not  to  leave  town 
after  all. 


report  their  single  (“Anyway  You 
Want  Me”)  is  No.  6 in  St.  Louis  and 
top  twenty  in  Seattle.  . . . Rave  re- 
views for  the  Mandala  who  appeared 
here  at  the  Hullabaloo.  L.  A.  Times 
writer  Pete  Johnson  notes  “an  im- 
pressive armory  of  equipment,  fresh- 
ness and  ability  . . . extraordinarily 
effective  . . . one  of  the  best  re- 

hearsed groups  ever  to  perform  rock 
‘n’  roll.”  Their  initial  single,  pro- 
duced by  Koppelman-Rubin,  is  “Op- 
portunity”— no  label  set  at  the  mo- 
ment. 


SUN  RAYS 


PAM  FOURZON 


MANDALA 


Neil  Diamond,  appearing  this  week 
at  the  Hullabaloo,  is  putting  together 
a rock  n’roll  package  with  famed  en- 
terprenuer  Sol  Hurok — a tour  of  the 
Iron  Curtain  countries  including  Mos- 
cow. . . . RCA’s  Jefferson  Airplane 
set  for  a Dec.  28  concert  date  with 
the  Beach  Boys  at  the  Cow  Palace 
and  a New  Year’s  eve  appearance  on 
NBC’s  Bell  Telephone  Hour.  . . . 

Righteous  Bros,  check  into  MGM  this 
week  for  pre-recording  sessions  with 
Patricia  Crowley  and  Mark  Miller. 
Session  is  for  the  up-coming  segment 
on  “Please  Don’t  Eat  the  Daisies”, 
which  marks  the  Duo’s  acting  debut. 

Fred  Smith,  former  Mira  manager, 
now  heading  Mo  Soul,  has  a “bust- 
out”  in  “Grits  and  Cornbread”  by  the 
Soul  Runners.  Merrec  promo  man- 
ager Jimmy  Mack  reports  single 
broke  L.  A.  first.  . . . 20th  Century’s 
latest  group  is  the  David,  a quintette 
of  blond,  long  haired  singer  and  in- 
strumentalists whose  first  single  is 
titled  “40  Miles”  b/w  “Bus  Token 
Fare”.  . . . Michele  Lee’s  next  sin- 
gle for  Columbia  is  “Wednesday’s 
Child”  b/w  “I  Am  Yours”.  . . 

The  Baja  Marimba,  set  to  co-star  with 
Wayne  Newton  at  Melodyland  in 
Anaheim  Jan.  17-22,  were  listed  in 
last  week’s  CB  as  the  No  1 Newcomer 
Band  of  ’66.  . . . Don  and  the  G"od- 
times,  new  regulars  on  the  Dick 
Clark  “Action”  show,  have  started 
taping  the  January  shows.  . . . Ber- 
nard Yeszin,  former  art  director  for 
Motown  and  ass’t  art  directon  for 
Liberty,  has  opened  his  own  office — 
accounts  include  the  Monkees,  Uni- 
versal City  Records  and  Double 
Shot — address  is  3739  Multiview 
Drive  in  L.  A.  . . . John  Andrea, 
leader  of  the  Young  Gyants,  audition- 
ing for  a part  in  the  “Finian’s  Rain- 
bow” flick.  . . . Tower  Records’ 

Sunrays  also  set  for  Disneyland  book- 
ing through  the  new  year. 

“West  Coast  Girl  of  the  Week”  is 
Glendale’s  gift  to  the  music  world — 
an  occasional  red  head  and  always 
attractive  Pam  Fourzon  who  is  nres- 
ently  working  part  time  at  KCOP  and 
free  lancing  as  an  editorial  writer 
for  “Teen  Set”,  “Teen  Screen”  and 
“Soul”.  Pam  has  been  writing  since 
she  was  five — has  appeared  in  Dave 
Siegel’s  “Blackouts  of  1960” — and 
you’ll  be  eyeing  her  soon  on  NBC’s 
“The  Dating  Game”.  She’s  currently 
working  on  a screenplay  and  novel 
about  Hollywood.  ' 

Ruben  Rodriguez  and  the  Guadala- 
jara Kings  headline  the  lounge  of  the 
Eden  Roc  in  Miami  through  Jan. 
3rd — the  Liberty  group  also  contract- 
ed to  appear  at  the  Flamingo  Hotel’s 
Driftwood  Lounge  in  Vegas  starting 
Jan.  26.  . . . Liverpool  Five,  cur- 
rently in  town  for  a charity  show. 


HERE  AND  THERE: 

Philadelphia:  Matty  “Hum  Dinger” 
Singer  reports  that  he’s  getting  ac- 
tion on  “I’ll  Take  Care  Your  Cares” 
by  Frankie  Laine  and  Tommy  Roe’s 
“It’s  A New  Winter’s  Day.”  In  the 
Blues  bag,  “Waiting  On  You”  by 
B.  B.  King  and  “Two  Ways  To  Skin 
A Cat”  by  Jimmy  Reed  are  doing 
well.  On  Boom,  “Skate  Pt.  1”  by- 
Dean  Parrish  is  doing  well.  . . 

(New  York)  Angela  Martin  is  sked’ed 
to  do  her  ventriloquist  act  at  the  Pet 
& Animal  Show  at  the  Coliseum.  She 
is  appearing  this  week  on  the  Joe 
Franklin  TV’er.  . . . Elektra’s  Steve 
Harris  has  come  up  with  what  may 
be  a helpful  hint  as  to  how  to  go 
about  getting  international  airplay. 
Use  the  Armed  Forces  Radio  & TV 
Network.  Bill  Ezell  is  the  program 
director  for  approx.  300  stations  of 
the  network.  He  can  be  reached  at 
1016  N.  McCadden  Place,  Hollywood, 
Calif 

Ron  Weisner  at  Metro  says  that  the 
latest  Lanie  Kazan  effort  on  MGM, 
“Kiss  Tomorrow  Goodbye,”  is  an  out 
and  out  smash  and  that  the  Olympics’ 
new  one  on  Mirwood,  “The  Same  Old 
Thing,”  is  also  a powerhouse.  Ron 
mentioned  that  the  Gary  Stevens 
“Good  Guy  Oldie  Album”  is  also  doing 
well.  . . . The  Satans  4,  currently 
playing  at  the  Metropole  in  New 
York,  took  time  out  last  week 
in  order  to  play  a benefit  show  “to 
aid  the  culturally  deprived  children 
of  Brownsville.”  The  show  was  held 
on  Dec.  21  at  Junior  high  school  #263 
in  Brooklyn.  . . . Atco  has  picked  up 
distribution  rights  to  a deck  on  the 
Hib  label,  entitled  “If  Its  All  The 
Same  To  You  Babe,”  by  Luther  In- 
gram. Ahmet  Frtegun  negotiated  the 
deal  with  Bob  Bateman  of  Hib  Rec- 
ords. . . . Theodore  Bikel  recently 
played  his  first  solo  concert  in  London 
at  the  Royal  Festival  Hall  before  an 
audience  of  over  3,000  persons.  While 
ir  London  the  Elektra  artist  taped  a 
“Tonight  In  Person”  TV’er  for  the 
BBC.  . . . Pete  Seeger  just  played  an 
advance  (no  newspaper  ad)  sellout 
concert  at  Carnegie  Hall  and  is  sched- 
uled to  play  a solo  concert  at  the 
Olympia  Theatre  in  Paris.  . . . “Ooh 
Poo  Pa  Doo”  by  Billy  Graham  & 
Escalators  is  heading  East  after 
breaking  out  in  Cleveland.  . . . An 
all  girl  singing  group  called  the  Rea- 
sons, has  been  signed  to  a personal 
management  contract  by  Frank  Scin- 
laro,  who  also  manages  the  Va- 
grants  HAPPY  NEW  YEAR 

TO  ALL. 


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SALUD — Stan  Getz  and  Mort  Nasatir,  president  of  MGM/Verve,  toast  each 
other  after  re-inking  ceremonies  at  the  diskery’s  home  office.  Getz  signed  a 
new  long-term  recording  contract  with  the  label  just  prior  to  his  leaving  on  a 
pa  tour  of  Mexico.  The  current  Getz  LP  on  Verve  is  “Stan  Getz  With  Guest 
Artist  Laurindo  Almeida.’’ 


EPIC  GOES  LATIN— Epic  Records 
has  signed  a young  trio  known  as  Los 
Melodicos  and  plans  to  release  their 
first  LP,  “Tu  Me  Has  De  Querer,’’ 
early  in  1967.  The  group,  pictured 
above,  is  comprised  of  David  Ortiz, 
Roberto  Garcia,  and  Montito  Rivera. 
The  gToup  performed  at  last  sumer’s 
Festival  of  Puerto  Rican  Music  in 
New  York’s  Central  Park. 


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Lane  Re-Elected 
AGAC  President 

NEW  YORK — Burton  Lane  has  been 
re-elected  president  of  the  American 
Guild  of  Authors  and  Composers.  This 
marks  his  tenth  year  in  that  post, 
having  served  since  1957.  The  com- 
poser of  “Finian’s  Rainbow’’  initiated 
the  AGAC  Collection  of  Royalty  Plan 
which  collected  a record-breaking  .$2,- 
500,000  in  royalties  for  writers  in 
1966. 

The  AGAC  Council  also  announced 
that  the  following  officers  were  also 
elected:  Leonard  Whitcup,  executive 
vice  president;  Edward  Eliscu,  vice 
president;  Harry  Ruby,  president; 
Alex  Kramer,  treasurer;  Kay  Swift, 
secretary;  and  Abel  Baer,  chairman  of 
the  board.  All  officers  serve  without 
pay. 

In  mail  balloting  to  annually  select 
seven  new  members  of  the  Council, 
the  following  received  the  highest 
number  of  votes,  and  were  elected: 
Burton  Lane,  Edward  Heyman,  Leon- 
ard Whitcup,  Bennie  Benjamin,  John 
Jacob  Loeb,  Kay  Swift,  and  Clint 
Ballard.  According  to  the  AGAC  Con- 
stitution, writers  choose  Council  mem- 
bers who  in  turn  choose  officers. 

Burton  Lane  was  the  winner  of  the 
first  Sigmund  Romberg  award  for  dis- 
tinguished service  on  behalf  of  Ameri- 
can songwriters. 


Peters  New  Merrec 
Branch  Manager 

CHICAGO — Frank  Peters,  a veteran 
of  the  Chicago  record  business  since 
1951,  has  been  appointed  branch 
manager  of  Merrec  Distributing  here 
replacing  Burt  Loob,  who  has  re- 
signed. Merrec  is  the  Mercury  Record 
Corporation  branch  locally  covering 
the  State  of  Illinois  and  Indiana. 

Peters  began  his  record  business 
career  with  Capitol  Records  in  Chi- 
cago as  a salesman.  He  moved  to  the 
Columbia  Record  Division  of  Sampson 
Company,  Chicago,  where  he  worked 
as  a salesman  from  1952  until  1959, 
when  Columbia  Records  opened  its 
Chicago  branch.  Peters  remained  with 
the  Columbia  branch  until  1963  as  a 
Chicago  area  salesman.  He  left  the 
record  business  for  a year,  returning 
in  March  1964,  as  Mercury  Label’s 
regional  man  in  the  midwest,  head- 
quartering in  Chicago — a post  which 
he  leaves  to  assume  management  of 
Chicago  Merrec. 


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FOCUS  ON  Jazz 

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On  a mid-November  night  in  New 
York  City,  after  having  watched  The 
Knicks  win  a ball  game  at  Madison 
Square  Garden,  it  was  decided  that  a 
fitting  climax  to  such  an  auspicious 
beginning  would  be  a visit  to  Basin 
Street  East  to  catch  the  new,  and 
much  heralded  big  band  of  Buddy 
Rich.  It  turned  out  to  be  a most  re- 
warding decision,  because  the  band  is 
“Double  Oh  Ess,”  out  of  sight! 

Bright,  But  Serious 
Buddy,  whose  life  has  been  one  of 
music,  has  been  making  many  tele- 
vision appearance  of  late,  some  with 
the  band,  but  mostly  as  a single.  This, 
in  conjunction  with  an  active  promo- 
tional campaign  to  launch  the  new 
band.  To  the  average  viewer,  devotees 
of  programs  like  'The  Johnny  Carson 
show,  or  The  Mike  Douglas  program, 
it  might  appear  that  Buddy  is  too 
casual  and  flippant  to  be  a serious 
bandleader.  Nothing  could  be  further 
from  the  truth.  To  be  sure.  Buddy  is 
a wonderfully  bright  personality,  and 
he  is  endowed  with  a rapier-like  flair 
for  comedy,  but  it  should  be  made 
known  that  when  it  comes  to  matters 
musical,  he  is  a veritable  martinet. 
When  you  see  the  band  in  person,  or 
hear  its  new  Pacific  Jazz  album,  you 
will  appreciate  how  Rich’s  discipline 
has  infected  the  entire  crew.  It’s  been 
a long  time  since  we’ve  seen  an  as- 
semblage of  professional  musicians, 
many  of  them  veterans,  having  such 
a good  time  on  the  bandstand.  This, 
more  than  anything  else,  reflects  the 
spirit  that  abounds. 

Drum  Solo  Magic 

The  new  album.  Buddy’s  first  as 
part  of  a long  term  contract  with 
Pacific  Jazz,  is  a very  faithful  crea- 
tion of  what  the  band  actually  sounds 
like  in  person.  It  should  be,  because 
it  was  done  at  The  Chez  in  Holly- 
wood, a former  rock  ’n  roll  palace,  to 
which  Buddy  and  the  band  will  return 
in  mid-January.  The  fidelity  of  the 
album  is  a tribute  to  Wally  Heider, 
probably  the  best  “on  location”  re- 
cording engineer  on  The  Coast.  Some 
of  the  veteran  jazzmen  who  make  up 
the  complement  of  the  band  are  Gene 
Quill,  Marty  Flax,  Steve  Perlow,  Car- 
son  Smith,  and  John  Bunch.  The  pro- 
gram material  has  an  excellent  bal- 
ance; there  are  five  jazz  originals, 
including  Sister  Sadie;  John  Boice 
gets  a trombone  solo  on  his  own 
arrangement  of  Gershwin’s  My  Man’s 
: Gone  Now  from  Porgy  And  Bess;  Jay 
! Corre,  who  gets  the  major  portion  of 
' the  solo  playing  throughout  the  al- 
bum, is  featured  on  the  Oliver  Nelson 
' arrangement  of  a pop  tune  that  was 
' a hit  of  several  months  ago,  Up 
i Tight;  finally,  there  is  a ten  minute 
and  forty  five  second  version  of  a 
West  Side  Story  medley.  Unquestion- 
ably, this  medley  is  the  highlight  of 
the  album,  and  it  invariably  brings 
a standing  ovation  whenever  it’s  per- 
i formed  in  person.  The  chart  was  done 
I bv  Bill  Reddie,  noted  by  Leonard 
Feather  in  the  liner  as  the  house  con- 
ductor at  'The  Dunes  Hotel  in  Las 
Vegas.  When  you  hear  this  arrange- 
ment, you  must  ask  yourself,  “Where 
has  this  fellow  been  hiding?”  Aside 
from  being  the  tour  de  force  of  the 
album,  this  medley  offers  the  only 
instance  of  the  Buddy  Rich  drum  solo 
magic. 

‘Altogether  Sound’ 

This  leads  to  another  observation: 
too  often  when  the  leader  is  a drum- 
mer he  takes  it  as  a license  to  use 
the  band  as  a vehicle  to  display  his 
drumnastics.  Having  listened  to  this 
band  in  person,  and  having  listened  to 
this  album  many  times,  it’s  a treat  to 
report  that  Buddy  Rich’s  role  in  the 
band  is  that  of  a member  of  the  band. 
True,  when  the  arrangement  dictates 
it.  Buddy  does  exhibit  his  rare  talent 
as  a soloist,  but,  by  and  large,  he 
works  as  an  integral  part  of  the 
rhythm  section.  This  point  of  view, 
or  philosophy,  is  testimony  to  Buddy 
Rich’s  belief  in  the  altogther  sound, 
a philosophy  born  of  his  vast  big  band 


experience.  That  experience  includes 
tours  of  duty  with  Bunny  Berrigan, 
Artie  Shaw,  Tommy  Dorsey,  and  on 
and  off,  until  recently,  Harry  James. 
In  between  his  big  band  stints.  Buddy 
fronted  small  jazz  groups  that, 
although  small  in  number,  always 
maintained  the  ensemble  sound  that 
is  characteristic  to  big  bands. 

It  hardly  seems  possible  that  some- 
one as  energetic  and  contemporary  as 
Buddy  Rich  could  have  been  as  much 
a part  of  the  traditional  swing  era. 
But  it  is  an  indisputable  fact  that 
Buddy  has  made  the  transition  from 
era  to  era,  vogue  to  vogue,  with  grace 
and  ease.  One  of  the  standing  jokes 
among  the  more  enlightened  music 
appreciators  is  the  fa^-t  that  the 
“hippies”  are  always  willing  to  ac- 
knowledge that  Buddy  is  a great 
drummer,  but  have  some  reservations 
about  his  ability  to  play  jazz.  Still, 
whenever  Rich  comes  to  town  for  an 
engagement,  all  the  drummers  who 
are  within  commuting  distance  make 
their  pilgrimage  to  watch  him  play. 
All  the  drummers  means  the  “hippies” 
included.  Can  it  be  that  this  un- 
founded qualification  about  Buddy’s 
playing  is  the  result  of  inadequacy  on 
the  part  of  those  who  can’t  do  what 
Buddy  can  ? We’ve  yet  to  hear  a 
“good”  drummer  deny  that  Rich  is  an 
absolute  phenomenon. 

Battling  Economics 

In  the  light  of  present  economic 
obstacles  only  someone  with  Buddy’s 
devotion  to  good,  big  band  music 
would  undertake  the  launching  of  a 
seventeen  piece  organization.  It  must 
be  assumed  that  Rich  is  acutely  aware 
of  the  difficulties  attendant  to  keeping 
a big  band  together.  He’s  enough  of 
a veteran  to  know  the  problems  of 
getting  qualified  players  who  are  will- 
ing to  travel,  getting  sufficient  book- 
ings to  keep  the  band  working  regu- 
larly, without  too  many  dry  spells, 
and  the  prohibitive  costs  that  come 
with  traveling  a big  band.  But  Buddy 
has  a lot  going  for  him;  he’s  an  ex- 
cellent leader,  a throwback  to  the 
days  when  a bandleader  was  some- 
thing of  a personality,  as  well  as  a 
qualified  player;  the  hand’s  book  is 
such  that  it  has  an  almost  universal 
appeal;  and,  finally.  Rich’s  reputation 
as  a great  drummer  precedes  him. 
Thus  far,  the  band  has  heen  kept  very 
busy,  particularly  with  a European 
tour  in  the  immediate  offing.  The  Rich 
band  is  emminently  qualified  to  be- 
come a permanent  part  of  the  current 
musical  scene,  and  if  Pacific  Jazz  and 
the  office  that  books  the  band  do  their 
jobs  adequately,  there’s  no  reason  to 
believe  that  Buddy  and  his  guys  won’t 
make  it. 


Australia  Readies 
Show  For  Expo  67 

MONTREAL — As  part  of  its  official 
participation  in  Expo  67’s  world  fes- 
tival of  entertainment,  Australia  has 
put  together  a special  variety  show 
called  “Pop  Goes  Australia.” 

The  program  of  music,  comedy  and 
, light  entertainment  will  be  presented 
from  May  29  to  June  3 in  the  2,000- 
seat  Expo  Theatre  on  the  1967  World 
Exhibition  site  in  Montreal. 

Some  of  Australia’s  most  popular 
radio  and  TV  performers  have  been 
signed  for  “Pop  Goes  Australia,”  in- 
cluding: Bobby  Limb,  who  will  serve 
as  host,  Normie  Rowe,  the  Seekers, 
Kathy  Lloyd  and  Rolf  Harris.  Also  on 
the  program  will  be  boomerang- 
throwing champion  Frank  Donnellan, 
who  will  give  a demonstration  of  that 
uniquely  Australian  sport.  Musicians 
Johnny  Bamford,  Don  Burows,  Ron 
Faison,  George  Gaella,  Johnny  Sangs- 
ter  and  George  Thompson  will  play 
Dixieland  for  the  program. 


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' MS  B Saw  Thirty  New  Albums  In  Jan. 


' NEW  YORK — ?CA  Victor  has  an- 
Tiouaced  0 : leiease  of  thirty  new  LP’s 
lor  -he  : of  Jan  The  30  are 

spie;;d  ovoii  "he  areas  of  pop,  classical, 
vintage,  sacred  and  original  cast. 

Among  the  pop  product  are  “Don 
Bowman  Recorded  Almost  Live, 
“From  Sergio — With  Love”  by  Sergio 
Franchi;  Harold  Vick  and  His  Or- 
chestra with  “The  Caribbean  Suite;” 
i “Out  Of  Sight”  by  The  Liverpool 
Five;  “John  Hartford  Looks  At  Life;” 
“The  Broadway  Soundaroundus”  with 
Marty  Gold  and  his  Orchestra;  Barry 
; Sadler  offering  “Back  Home;”  Dottie 
West  “With  All  My  Heart  And  Soul;” 
“John  Gary  Sings  Especially  For 
You;”  “The  Blue  Boys  In  Person;” 
: “The  Genius  of  Esquivel;”  “Recorded 
' Live  At  Your  Father’s  Mustache  by 
the  World’s  Finest  Banjo  Band;”  “The 
i Youngbloods”  and  “Floyd  Cramer’s 
“Here’s  What’s  Happening.” 

A pair  of  original  cast  LP’s  are  in- 
cluded in  the  release  and  they  are 
“Breakfast  At  Tiffany’s”  and  “Arrive- 
derci.  Baby!” 


Classical  product  under  the  Red 
Seal  logo  includes  “Symphony  No.  4 
in  E-Flat  (Romantic)  (Bruckner)”  b v 
Leinsdorf  and  the  Boston  Symphony; 
Strauss’  “An  Alpine  Symphony”  by 
Kempe  and  the  Royal  Philharn^oni": 
Bream’s  “Lute  Music  From  The  Royal 
Courts  of  Europe;”  “Tales  From  Vien- 
na” by  Fiedler  and  the  Boston  Pops; 
Bartok’s  “Piano  Concertos  Nos.  1 and 
3”  by  Peter  Serkin  and  the  Chicago 
Symphony  under  Ozawa;  “Stephen 
Kates;”  “Lucrezia  Borgia  (Donizetti)” 
and  “Mazurkas  (Chopin)”  by  Rubin- 
stein. 

Two  sacred  albums,  “This  I Be- 
lieve” by  Bobby  Bare  and  “The  Billy 
Graham  London  Crusade  Choir”  are 
included  in  the  package.  And  two 
new  items,  “Ray  Noble”  and  “Fraction 
Fingering”  by  Fats  Waller  are  being- 
added  to  the  Vintage  series. 

The  final  product  falls  under  the 
Colgems  heading  and  includes  “More 
Of  The  Monkees”  and  “Murderer’s 
Row”  and  original  soundtrack. 


Capitol  Opens  ’67  With  31  Varied  LP’s 


HOLLYWOOD — Capitol  opens  1967, 
and  its  25th  anniversary,  with  16 
albums  including  new  releases  by  Lou 
Rawls,  Nancy  Wilson,  Wayne  Newton, 
Buck  Owens  and  the  Lettermen. 

Rawls,  who  has  had  two  hit  albums 
in  a row,  offers  a dozen  new  songs, 
including  his  recent  hit  single,  j 
“Carryin’  On.”  j 

Nancy  Wilson  is  backed  by  Billy 
May’s  orchestra  for  “Nancy — Natural-  ; 
ly”;  Wayne  Newton  offers  “It’s  Only  , 
The  Good  Times”;  the  Lettermen  come  | 
up  with  love  songs  for  a winter  night 
in  “Warm”;  and  Buck  Owens  opens 
the  year  with  “Open  Up  Your  Heart,” 
an  LP  containing  three  of  his  recent  | 
hit  singles. 

David  McCallum  conducts  his  third 
Capitol  album,  “Music — It’s  Happen- 
ing Now”  and  “The  Sweetest  Sounds 
Today”  are  presented  by  Guy  Lom- 
bardo and  the  Royal  Canadians. 

George  Shearing  performs  current 
hits  in  “New  Look”  and  England’s 


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Distributors  in  other 
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Big  Ben  Banjo  Band  plays  thirty  of 
the  best-known  Beatle  tunes  in 
“Happy  Banjos  Play  The  Beatles.” 

“All  The  (jood  That’s  Happening,” 
is  the  first  album  by  the  Leaves,  and 
Ned  Miller  follows  his  latest  single, 
“Teardrop  Lane,”  with  an  album  of 
the  same  name.  Comedy  takes  the 
spotlight  with  “Adventures  of  Colored 
Man” — a Negro  counterpart  to  Super- 
man— which  was  written  by  Teddy 
Vann. 

Completing  the  release  are  four  al- 
bums in  the  Capitol  of  the  World 
Series:  “La  Femme,”  by  Les  Baxter, 
performed  by  Frank  Pourcel;  “Nor- 
wegian Songs  Of  Faith”  with  Olav 
Werner  and  Galleberg  Sangkor;  and 
Volumes  1 and  11  of  “The  Best  Of 
Django  Reinhardt.” 

Six  new  albums  will  be  added  to 
the  Seraphim  low-priced  classical  line. 
Four  of  the  six  will  be  available  in 
stereo  and  two  in  mono  only.  The 
new  albums  are  Verdi’s  “Don  Carlos” 
(complete)  with  Antonietta  Stella, 
Elena  Nicolai,  Mario  Filippeschi, 
Tito  Gobbi,  Boris  Christoff  and  the 
Rome  Opera  Orchestra  and  Chorus, 
Gabriele  Santini  conducting.  The 
three-disk  set  comes  complete  with 
Libretto  and  is  available  in  mono 
only. 

Denise  Duval  stars  in  Poulenc’s 
“Les  Mamelles  De  Tiresias.” 

Mezzo-Soprano  Christa  Ludwig  is 
featured  in  an  album  of  Lieder  by 
Schubert,  Brahms,  Wolf,  Richard 
Strauss  and  Mahler.  Gerald  Moore 
accompanies  on  piano. 

Sir  Thomas  Beecham  conducts  the 
French  Radio  Orchestra  in  a perform- 
ance of  Franck’s  “Symphony  in  D 
Minor,”  and  piano  virtuoso  Claudio 
Arrau  performs  the  “Piano  Concerto 
No.  1 in  B.  Flat  Minor”  by  Tchaikov- 
sky, coupled  with  Weber’s  “Konzert- 
stueck.”  Lastly,  German  pianist  Hans 
Richter-Haaser  is  represented  by  a 
recording  of  Beethoven’s  “Diabelli 
Variations,  OP.  120.” 

A pair  of  albums  by  Leonard  Pen- 
nario  and  an  LP  of  songs  from  France 
performed  by  Carmen  Dragon  and 
the  Capitol  Symphony  will  be  added 
to  Capitol’s  series  of  “Good  Time” 
Classics.  The  many  moods  of  pianist 
Pennario  are  displayed  in  two  albums: 
“The  Spanish  Piano”  and  “Leonard 
Pennario  Plays — Just  For  Fun.”  The 
Spanish  album  contains  selections  by 
Falla,  Lecuona,  Granados  and  Albeniz. 
“Just  For  Fun”  features  lighthearted 
music  by  Poulenc,  Liszt,  Arensky, 
Debussy  and  others. 

“From  France — With  Love,”  by 
the  Capitol  Symphony  under  Carmen 
Dragon,  features  Offenbach’s  “Can- 
Can,”  the  waltz  from  “Coppelia,” 
“Alouette”  and  “The  Maid  With  The 
Flaxen  Hair.”  Also  included:  Ravel’s 
“Pavane  For  A Dead  Princess”  and 
the  “Polonaise,”  from  “Mignon.” 

Angel  Records  opens  1967  with 
seven  new  releases,  including  a pair 
of  albums  by  Jacqueline  Du  Pre,  the 
young  English  cellist  who  makes  her 
first  coast-to-coast  U S.  tour  next 
month.  American-born  pianist 
Stephen  Bishop  accompanies  Miss  Du 
Pre  in  Beethoven’s  “Cello  Sonatas 
Nos.  3 and  5. 


ALBUM  PLANS 


Deals,  discounts  and  programs  being  offered  to 
dealers  and  distributors  by  record  manufacturers. 

AMY-MALA-BELL 

Special  incentive  program  through  Dec.  20.  See  distribs  for  details. 

AUDIO  FIDELITY 

Special  2 for  10  deal  on  all  new  releases  and  catalog.  Expires  Dec.  31,  1966 

DIAMOND 

"Buy  5 Get  1 Free”  on  all  Diamond  albums.  Expires  Jan.  31,  1967. 

PEACOCK-DUKE 

Buy  7 and-get-l-free  on  entire  catalog,  including  new  LP's.  No  expiration  date 
has  been  set. 

FORTUNE 

1 free  album  when  6 are  purchased  in  any  combination.  No  time  limit. 

GATEWAY 

Two  free  for  every  10  albums  purchased  on  entire  catalog.  Expiration  date  in- 
definite. 


GNP  CRESCENDO  ril 

15  albums  free  with  purchase  of  100  LP’s  $3.79  and  $4.79  retail.  Indefinitely. 

JEWEL-PAULA-WHIT 

One  free  for  every  five  purchased  on  entire  catalog.  No  expiration  date.  J 

LIBERTY  1 

Special  Hawaii  theme  promo.  Terms  available  from  distribs.  Expires:  Dec.  31.  - 

LITTLE  DARLIN' 

Special  2 on  10  deal  on  all  product.  No  expiration  date  has  been  set. 

NASHBORO  [j 

Buy-7-get-one-free  on  entire  catalog  including  new  LP’s.  100%  exchangeable.  '' 
No  expiration  date  has  been  set. 

ORIGINAL  SOUND 

15%  discount  on  all  LP’s — until  further  notice. 

PHILIPS  , 

Discounts  on  new  releases  as  well  as  entire  catalog.  SPM/SPS  series  are  dis- 
counted 10%,  all  other  classical  albums  discounted  20%.  No  expiration  date 
announced. 

PRESTIGE 

15%  discount  on  all  LP  product  until  further  notice. 

ROULETTE 

15%  discount  in  free  merchandise.  Expiration  date  indefinite. 

SCEPTER-WAND 

2 Albums  free  with  every  ten  purchased.  No  termination  date  announced. 

SIMS 

3 free  with  every  10  purchased  on  entire  catalog.  No  expiration  date. 
SMASH-FONTANA 

Special  discounts  available  through  distribs.  Expiration  date  not  announced. 
TAMLA-MOTOWN-GORDY 

Buy-7-get-one-free.  No  expiration  date  has  been  set. 


ft 


Epic  Sales  Meet  In  Fla. 

Set  For  Jan.  8 To  12 

NEW  YORK — Epic  Records  hosts  a 
national  sales  confab  from  Jan  8 
to  12  in  Miami  Beach,  Fla.  All  dis- 
trib  principals  and/or  distrib  sales 
managers  and  promotion  managers 
will  attend. 


Highlights  of  the  sales  meeting, 
reports  Mort  Hoffman,  marketing  di- 
rector, will  be  the  unveiling  of  a new 
sales  incentive  program,  as  well  as 
major  new  merchandising  campaigns. 
The  label’s  product  scheduled  for 
Jan.  and  Feb.  release  will  be  an- 
nounced. In  addition,  seminars  in  the 
areas  of  sales  and  merchandising 
will  be  held. 


GYANT  OPENING~On  hand  for  the 
opening  at  The  Chez  in  Los  Angeles 
recently  (Dec  7)  of  John  D’Andrea 
and  the  Young  Gyants  are  a group 
of  Cameo/Parkway  executives  and 
distributors.  Standing  (from  left  to 
right) : Cecil  Holmes,  national  pro- 
motion manager;  Dick  Gersh,  presi- 
dent of  Richard  Gersh  Associates, 
Inc.,  public  relations  counsel  for 
Cameo/Parkway;  John  D’Andrea  and 
Gene  Gotthelf  of  Globe  Distributing 


in  East  Hartford.  In  the  middle  is 
Neil  Bogart,  Cameo/Parkway’s  sales 
manager.  Seated  at  the  table  from 
left  to  right  are;  Marty  Thau,  region- 
al promotion  manager;  Ed  Redman 
of  M.  S.  Distributing  in  Chicago; 
Larry  King  of  Dixie  Distributing  in 
Atlanta  and  Steve  Goober,  a local 
promotion  man  for  Cameo/Parkway. 
D’Andrea’s  first  LP  “Young  Gyants 
At  The  Chez”  has  just  been  released 
on  Cameo/Parkway. 

Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


24 


Steviel^nder 


to  earth 


A PLACE  IN  THE  SUN 

BANG  BANG  THANK  YOU  LOVE 

MR.  TAMBOURINE  MAN 

HEY  LOVE  SIXTEEN  TONS 

DOWN  TO  EARTH 

SYLVIA  ^ THE  LONESOME  ROAD 

MY  WORLD  IS  EMPTY  WITHOUT  YOU 

ANGEL  BABY  (Don’t  You  Ever  Leave  Me) 

BE  COOL,  BE  CALM  (And  Keep  Yourself  Togethj 


HAVE  YOU  NOTICED 
THE  INCREASED  USE 
OF  THE  ALBUM  SLICK 
AS  AN  ADVERTISEMENT 
IN  CASH  BOX? 


TOP  50  IN  R&B 


] TELL  IT  LIKE  IT  IS 

Aaron  Noviila  (Por/ow  t( 


LOCATIONS 


^ frank  Sinatra  (Paprim  SSI) 

2 MUSTANG  SALLY 

Wlhon  Pickett  (Atlanile  J«S 


4 STAND  BY  ME 

Spyrfcr  Timor  (MGM  1361T) 


5 WACK  WACK 

Yaang  Holt  Trie  (Brunsrrick 


A try  a little  tenderness  9 

^ Otis  Podding  (Veit  1411 


7 ARE  YOU  LONELY  FOR  ME  6 

freddlo  Scott  (Shout  207) 

B WHISPERS 

**  Jackie  Wilson  (Brunswick  SSJOO) 

9 I'M  READY  FOR  LOVE 

Martha  & The  Vondellas  (Gerdy  705*) 


IQ  I VE  PASSED  THIS  WAY  BEFORE/ 
TOMORROW'S  TEARS  13 

Jimmy  PulHn  (Soul  S5077) 


1 ] PAPA  WAS  TOO 

' Joe  To  (Dial  4051) 


13  MERCY,  MERCY 

' Cannon  Ball  Adderly 


ily  (Capitol  5796; 


] 4 STANDING  IN  THE  SHADOW 
^ OF  LOVE  17 

4 Tops  (Mettrrrn  1)02) 


15  I'M  YOUR  PUPPET 

James  A Bobby  Purify  (Boll  649) 

lA  YOU  NEED  CONFIDENCE 

^ Van  Ikfkes  (Mala  549) 

1 7 1 FOOLED  YOU  THIS  TIME 

Geno  Cfioni#/«f  (Checker  1155) 


1 Q BACK  IN  THE  SAME  OLD  BAG 
**  AGAIN  2 

aobb*-  Blond  (Duke  412) 


1 Q KARATE 

' Emperor's  (Mala  543) 

20  MEY  LEROY  YOUR  MAMA'S 
CALLIN'  YOU 


21  YOU  KEEP  ME  HANGIN' ON  12 

Suoreme*  (Motimrn  ItOI) 

22  WY  BABY'S  GONE  21 

Donald  Height  (Shout  204) 

23  LOOKATGRANNYRUNRUN  32 

Howard  Tate  (Verve  10444) 

24  IT  TEARS  ME  UP  25 

Percy  Sledge  (4(/ont/c  2JS6; 


25  PARTY 


'UUUIUI  ^ 

26  another  night  _ 1 

DlonneWorwlck(Sccptefl2W) 

--  1 


27  HUMMING 

“•  Som  & Dare  (Stas  204) 

28  ' can  t please  you 

Jimmy  Pebblns  (Jerhart  207) 


29  I'M  GONNA  MISS  YOU 

4r</jfJei  (Brunswick  SJJOi; 


30  !;(1T''LONe  you  need 

Miracles  (Tamla  54U0; 

31  96  TEARS 

Big  A4ayM(  (Pe)oe  112) 

32  SILVER  BELLS 

Earl  Grant  (Dacca  25703; 

33  S*®''  WHAT,  I MEAN 

Dr»/leri  (Atlantic  2364) 


34  ON  GUARD 

falcons  (Big  Wheel  1967) 


35  ^CU  CAN  BRING  ME  ALL 
YOUR  HEARTAChS 

Lea  Pawls  (Capttel  5799) 


36  SUPERMAN 

Hesitations  (Kopp  790) 


37  BLACK  OLIVES 

Bad  Bays  (Paula  254) 


38  aSn"'  p\a'‘«  ® 

Mabla  John  (Stan  205) 


39  fOR  A LITTLE 


40  IS  SOUL!  3„ 

Ben  E.  King  (Atec  64S4) 

41  A GOOD  LOVE  rn 

Lorraine  Ellison  (Warner  Bros.  5859)  ° 

42  *-EAVE  me  47 

Thelma  Jones  (Barry  1010) 

43  9J?OSS  CUT  SAW 

4/lierf  King  (Stas  20)},  ~~ 

44  the  tramp  aA 

Lowell  fulseme  (Kent  456) 

45  F-SMi^^^P^^NTS  OF  LOVE  Aa" 

Lrtila  Richard  (Okeh  4-7242) 

46  COME  BY  here  __• 

Inez  9 Chortle  Fex  iMusicer  1201) 


47  JovJfs”*'"  *YR0NG  my 

Mottle  Moultrie  (Columbia  443657; 


48  fYERYBODY  DANCE  NOW  — ' 

Soul  City  (Goodtime  801) 

49  I LOVE  YOU  MORE  aPtw 

Lee  Williams  i Cymbals  (Carnlyal  521)  ‘ 


50  « 


1987; 


Next  time  an  angry  mother  asks  you: 


sell  her  this 


The  star  of  TV’s  “Family  Affair’’  with  a 
record  that’s  going  to  be  a family  affair.  It’s  an 
adult  guide  to  teenagers-^their  insights, 
their  outlooks,  their  music. 

No!  Sebastian’s  single  won’t  turn  a 
Scarsdale  matron  into  a Village  mlni-skirter. 

But  it  will  tell  her  where  it’s  at. 

SEBASTIAN  CABOT 
AND  MOSTLY THEYSING 

b/w  It  Ain’t  Me  Babe  K-13650 

from  the  up-coming  album 

SEBASTIAN  CABOT,  ACTOR 
READS  BOB  DYLAN,  POET 
E/$E-4431 
Produced  by  Stan  Katron 

MGM  Records  is  a division  of  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Inc. 


MGM 

RECORDS 


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ItOJAC 

Is  Now  Distributed  By  ROJAC 

Breaking  This  Week — 

A SMASH  ALBUM! 


‘BIG’  MAYBELLE 

(America's  Queen  Mother  Of  Soul) 

GOT  A BRAND  NEW  BAG” 

Rojac  122 


And  . . . From  The  LP  A Smash  Single 

“96  TEARS” 

RA  112 

75,000  Sold  In  11  Days 

Charted  R & B And  Pop! 

Record  World-Cash  Box-Billboard 

Thanks  From 

Jack  Taylor,  Pres. 

Claude  Sterrett,  V.  Pres. 

Dave  Braithwaite,  Nat.  Sales  & Promo. 

# & 

Ken  Lutman — Indie  Promo. 

Jerry  McGee — Midwest  Promo. 

Contact:  Claude  Sterrett, 

ROJAC  RECORDS,  INC. 

1274  5th  Avenue,  New  York,  New  York 
A/C  212-348-0665 


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PLATTER 

SPINNER 

PATTER 


Curses,  foiled  again!  That’s  the 
probable  reaction  of  the  villain  who 
called  WNVY-Pensacola  and  asked  to 
endorse  and  co-promote  the  appear- 
ance of  the  Animals  and  Question 
Mark  and  the  Mysterians  at  Pensa- 
cola Municipal  Auditorium  on  Dec.  16. 
The  caller  identified  himself  as  a 
member  of  Universal  Talent  and  told 
WNVY  that  there  would  be  no  tickets 
sold  at  the  door,  only  advanced  ticket 
sales.  The  outlet’s  management  be- 
came suspicious  and  contacted  Ron 
Sunshine  of  Premier  Talent  in  New 
York,  sole  booking  agent  for  the  two 
groups.  Sunshine  stated  that  the  Ani- 
mals would  not  arrive  in  this  country 
until  mid-February  and  that  Question 
Mark  and  the  Mysterians  would  be 
enroute  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico  on 
Dec.  15  for  an  appearance  Dec.  16. 
Local  and  state  law  enforcement 
agents  are  still  investigating. 

A new  concept  in  news  and  public 
affairs  programming  for  W ABC-New 
York,  T.S.T.,  Total  Station  Thrust,  has 
been  inaugurated  at  the  outlet.  T.S.T. 
will  explore  major  issues  facing  the 
community  through  in-depth  reports, 
documentaries,  press  conferences,  edi- 
torials, and  public  service  announce- 
ments, all  concentrated  in  a period  of 
one  week.  T.S.T.  began  on  Dec.  11 
with  a week-long  series  of  features  on 
the  air  pollution  problem.  Kick-off  to 
the  series  was  an  appearance  bv  air 
pollution  commissioner  Austin  Heller 
on  the  Dec.  11  WABC  Press  Con- 
ference. WABC  vice  president  and 
general  manager  Walter  A.  Schwartz 
will  deliver  editorials  throughout  the 
week.  Informing  the  public  of  its  re- 
sponsibilities in  the  fight  against  air 
pollution,  and  pointing  to  whatever 
deficiencies  may  exist  in  current  pub- 
lic programs  aimed  at  curbing  pollu- 
tion. Over  half  of  WABC’s  public 
service  announceme’^ts  will  be  devoted 
to  the  topic.  The  first  T.S.T.  project 
ended  on  Sunday,  Dec.  18  with  a half- 
hour  documentary  renorted  by 
Murphy  Martin  of  WA^BC  News. 
Other  T.S.T.  series  will  deal  with 
other  major  problems  and  issues  at 
periodic  intervals. 

Two  Chicago  FM  outlets  have 
merged.  WXFM  has  taken  over  the 
facilities  of  WCLM-FM  and  now  hits 
the  air  waves  as  a 50,000  watt  outlet, 
transmitting  from  the  524  high  an- 
tenna atop  the  333  North  Michigan 
building.  Broadcasting  twenty-four 
hours  a day,  WXFM  is  best  known  as 
ay  good  music”  station,  featuring  clas- 
sical and  show  music.  Robert  C.  Vic- 
tor, WXFM  general  manager  since 
1959,  purchased  the  outlet  in  Oct. 
1965.  He  is  the  former  publisher  of 
FM  Guide  Magazine,  which  he  sold 
last  year  to  Omnibus  Magazine. 

Charles  Schulz’s  Snoopy,  already  on 
the  charts  with  “Snoopy  Vs.  The  Red 
Baron,”  is  now  up  for  KATI-Casner, 
Wyoming’s  version  of  the  DFC.  The 
outlet  is  inviting  listeners  to  send  in 
old  medals  they  may  have  on  hand  to 
Johnny  Shea,  wake-up  deejay  who  is 
on  the  air  from  5 A.M.  to  7 A.M. 
Snoopy  will  be  decorated  with  the 
medals  selected  as  winners.  If  lis- 
teners have  no  medals,  they  are  in- 
vited to  make  or  draw  and  color  them 
and  forward  them  to  KATI.  Top  win- 
ners will  receive  free  copies  of  the 
Royal  Guardsmen’s  single,  or  any  of 
the  outlet’s  Fabulous  Fourteen  Survev 
records.  Losers  will  enjov  a bright 
moment  of  fame;  they  will  be  dubbed 
“Dog  Fight  Losers,”  and  have  their 
names  read  on  the  “Shot  Down  In 
Action”  list  every  morning  on  the 
Johnny  Shea  Show.  Nice  going,  losers. 

Bob  Ferris,  host  of  KNX-Holly- 
wood’s  “Firing  Line,”  presented  a 90- 
minute  documentary,  “A  Slice  Of 
Christmas”  on  Dec.  22.  Ferris,  noted 
for  his  man-on-the-street  interviews, 
took  his  tape  recorder  to  contrasting 
areas  of  Los  Angeles  to  present  the 
varying  moods  of  the  holiday  season. 
He  chatted  with  an  over-burdened 


shopper  in  Beverly  Hills,  a derelict  on 
Skid  Row,  a shoeblack,  and  the  owner 
of  a gift  shop  for  poodles.  From  the 
people  he  spoke  with  and  the  places 
he  visited,  Ferris  put  together  a 
“sound”  panorama  of  holiday  atti- 
tudes. The  program  was  produced  by 
Skip  Ferderber. 

Gene  Klavan,  20-year  veteran  of 
radio  and  TV,  has  formed  Profile  Pro- 
ductions, Ltd.,  a new  production  and 
syndication  company  that  will  pack- 
age interview  programs  for  FM  radio 
outlets  throughout  the  country.  Ini- 
tially, the  company  will  provide  15 
female-oriented  half-hour  broadcasts 
produced  weekly  in  New  York,  Wash- 
ington, Hollywood,  London  and  Paris. 
WNEW-FM-New  York  began  broad- 
casting the  programs  Dec.  13.  The 
outlet  will  broadcast  two  programs 
weekly  while  seeking  audience  reac- 
tion to  time  of  day  and  day  of  week. 
WNEW-FM  will  carry  the  programs 
for  at  least  13  weeks  with  the  outlet 
programming  three  programs  daily, 
five  days  per  week.  Commenting  on 
his  new  organization,  Klavan  said, 
“Right  now,  FM  stations  do  not  pro- 
vide today’s  exciting,  interested 
American  woman  enough  motivation 
to  tune  in.  The  programming  we  will 
offer,  tailored  for  women  and  done  by 
women,  will  not  only  stimulate  listen- 
ing, but  also  will  give  FM  stations 
the  opportunity  to  compete  for  the 
advertising  dollar  with  bright  and  ex- 
citing foreground  broadcasting.” 


ROYALTY  AT  WINSOR  CASINO: 
Jimmy  Durante  will  be  king  of  the 
castle  at  Elmwood  Casino  in  Winsor, 
Ontario,  Canada  during  his  appear- 
ance there.  The  court  which  attends 
him  is  composed  of  (1.  to  r.)  Vince 
Pernicano,  Detroit  area  promo  man 
for  Warner  Bros./Reprise;  Mrs.  Perni- 
cano; Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Cannon, 
WKNR-Detroit;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dave 
Schafer,  CKLW-Winsor-Ontario;  and 
Dick  Perton  and  Ed  Mullen,  WKNR- 
Detroit. 

SPUTTERS:  Robert  Irvine  has  been 
promoted  to  the  newly  created  post 
of  assistant  news  director  of  the 
KNX-Hollywood  and  CBS  Radio  Pa- 
cific Network  News  Bureau.  . . . Gene 
Taylor  has  been  appointed  general 
manager  of  WLS-Chicago.  . . .Tom 
Cross  has  joined  KPRS-Kansas  City, 
Mo.  as  program  director.  . . . “Jolly” 
Jerry  Boulding  has  been  made  produc- 
tion director  at  WOL-Washington, 
D.C.  . . . Bill  Kenner  is  music  director 
at  WBEE-Harvey,  111. 

VITAL  STATISTICS:  Richard  A. 
O’Leary,  previously  program  super- 
visor at  KFMB-TV-San  Diego,  is  now 
assistant  to  the  Channel  7 director  of 
programing  Lee  Schulman  at  WBKB- 
TV-Chicago.  . . . Barry  Richards  exited 
WUST-Washington,  D.C.  for  WINX- 
Rockville,  Md.  . . . Les  Anderson  has 
moved  from  WABQ-Cleveland  to 
KYOK-Houston.  . . . Sam  Moore  has 
left  WGOK-Mobile  for  WJLD-Birm- 
ingham.  . . . Oscar  “Daddi-0”  Alex- 
ander, formerly  with  WENZ-Rich- 
mond,  is  now  in  the  morning  slot  at 
WEBB-Baltimore. 


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Lsaves  Kapp 

NSW  YORK — Joe  Zaleski  has  an- 
iiouneed  uis  rcesignation  from  Kapp 
Icscords.  v^iiere  he  held  the  position 
of  general  manager  of  the  western 
division. 

In  making  the  announcement,  Za- 
ieski  stated  that  his  decision  to  ter- 
minate his  association  with  Kapp  was 
based  on  personal  considerations.  He 
said  that  his  relationship  with  other 
top-level  company  executives  had  been 
and  continues  to  be  ‘’most  amicable.” 
He  also  stated  that  he  will  announce 
his  new  plans  in  the  near  future. 

Zaleski  joined  Kapp  two  years  ago 
as  manager  of  distrib  sales.  In  May 
of  this  year  he  was  promoted  to  gen- 
eral manager,  western  division,  in 
which  position  he  was  responsible  for 
sales,  promotion,  publishing  and  artist 
relations  on  the  West  Coast.  He  also 
set  up  Kapp’s  West  Coast  office  at 
6725  Sunset  Blvd.,  Hollywood. 

He  entered  the  record  industry  in 
California,  in  a post  which  the  Inter- 
national department  of  Liberty  Rec- 
ords. Later,  he  was  associated  with 
Liberty  as  division  Sales  manager  in 
both  Chicago  and  New  York.  In  the 
latter  city,  he  joined  DCP  Records,  a 
new  firm  at  that  time,  which  was 
formed  by  arranger-conductor,  Don 
Costa.  He  served  with  DCP  as  national 
sales  manager  and  played  a major 
role  in  establishing  Little  Anthony 
and  the  Imperials  as  a top  disk  attrac- 
tion. From  DCP,  he  moved  in  Mar-ch 
1965  to  Kapp. 


Victor  Inks  Dichter 

NEW  YORK — Mischa  Dichter,  the 
21-year-old  American  pianist,  who 
won  a silver  medal  in  this  year’s  In- 
ternational Tchaikovsky  Competition 
in  Moscow,  has  been  signed  to  an  ex- 
clusive recording  contract  by  RCA 
Victor. 

Announcement  was  made  by  Roger 
Hall,  manager.  Red  Seal  Artists  and 
Repertoire,  who  said  Dichter’s  initial 
recording  will  be  with  the  Boston 
Symphony  Orchestra  in  a perform- 
ance of  the  Tchaikovsky  Piano  Con- 
certo No.  1 directed  by  Erich  Leins- 
dorf. 

“We  are  proud  to  have  Dichter  as 
a Red  Seal  artist  and  look  forward  to 
many  distinguished  recordings  from 
him,”  Hall  said. 

His  debut  concerto  is  the  same  that 
launched  Van  Cliburn  as  a Red  Seal 
Artist  for  RCA  Victor  when  he  be- 
came the  first  American  to  win  the 
Moscow  competition  in  1958. 

Dichter  was  born  in  Shanghai  and 
moved  to  Los  Angeles  with  his  parents 
at  the  age  of  two.  He  took  his  first 
piano  lessons  in  Los  Angeles  at  the 
age  of  six.  His  first  success  came  in 
1961  at  the  age  of  15  when  he  won 
first  prize  in  a competition  sponsored 
by  the  Western  Division  of  the  Music 
Educators  National  Conference.  He 
studied  with  Aube  Tzerko  and  later 
came  to  the  attention  of  the  noted 
piano  teacher,  Rosina  Lhevinne,  who 
invited  him  to  study  at  the  Juilliard 
School.  It  was  following  his  studies 
at  Juilliard  that  he  entered  the  Mos- 
cow competition. 


FCC  Approves  merger 
Between  ITT  and  ABC 

NEW  YORK— The  FCC  last  week 
ruled  in  favor  of  the  proposed  merger 
between  the  American  Broadcasting 
Company  and  the  International  Tele- 
phone and  Telegraph  Corp.  The  mer- 
ger, aproved  by  a 4 to  3 vote,  will  re- 
sult in  a corporation  with  total  assets 
of  almost  $214  billion,  making  it  one 
of  the  top  20  largest  companies  in  the 
country.  The  deal  is  expected  to  be 
completed  late  in  Jan. 

In  direct  opposition  to  the  comments 
of  many,  including  members  of  Con- 
gress, that  the  extensive  foreign  oper- 
ations of  ITT  “would  by  some  sinister 
and  unexplained  means  exert  influence 
upon  the  interests  of  the  United 
States  broadcast  public,”  the  majority 
of  the  commission  claimed  that  ITT’s 
acquisition  of  ABC  would  enhance, 
rather  than  hurt,  competition  in 
broadcasting  by  giving  ABC  a 
stronger  financial  setup. 

According  to  Donald  F.  Turner,  who 
heads  up  the  antitrust  division  of  the 
Justice  Department,  “the  outcome  of 
the  case  has  been  a foregone  conclu- 
sion.” He  added  that  the  Justice  De- 
partment was  not  presently  planning 
on  bringing  suit  against  the  merger. 


MGM  Sales 

(Continued  from  page  7) 

the  overall  success  picture.” 

The  ’67  first  quarter  figure,  largest 
in  the  company’s  20  year  history, 
comes  hard  on  the  heels  of  MGM’s 
strongest  sales  and  profit  year  in 
1966.  The  label’s  1966  billing  was  up 
52  percent  over  the  previous  record 
total  for  1965. 

Nasatir  cited  an  “integrated  team 
effoi't  as  the  underlying  reasons  for 
the  impressive  growth.”  “Top  artists, 
top  product,  effective  marketing  and 
first  class  distributor  cooperation  all 
contributed  to  the  success  on  the  na- 
tional as  well  as  the  international 
level,”  the  label  chief  said,  “It’s  also 
gratifying  to  know  that  many  of  our 
biggest  stars  today  were  introduced 
or  have  developed  under  the  MGM 
growth  pattern.” 

Behind  the  general  upswing  in  sales 
were  a number  of  diversifying  product 
moves  by  the  firm  and  exploitation  of 
potential  in  record  and  allied  musical 
fields. 

The  record  firm  acquired  a number 
of  significant  soundtrack  albums,  like 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s  “Doctor  Zhi- 
vago,” which  were  industry  leaders. 

M(5M  Records  also  entered  the  tape 
field  with  a fully-rounded  program 
that  featured  a strong  push  on  four 
and  eight  track  cartridge  product  and 
the  “highly  successful”  introduction 
of  the  MGM  Playtape  2 portable 
cartridge  player.  In  commenting  on 
this  facet  of  company  operations 
Nasatir  said  that  Playtape  2 had  “far 
exceeded  our  expectations. 

The  label  comnlex  also  entered  the 
Cauitol  Record  Club  in  1966  and  has 
been  an  important  asset  to  that  organ- 
ization’s product  picture. 

Another  growth  factor  has  been  the 
continued  development  of  MGM’s 


‘*1  Don^t  Like  A Girl 
With  Hairy  Legs” 

Norman  Andre 

“IT’S  WILD!”  Chris  Lane  WJJD  Chicago 

PALOMINO  RECORDS  213  ho  5-2424 

6208  Santa  M onica  Boulevard  Hollywood 
NATIONAL  PROMOTION:  George  Jay  Hollywood 


CY  COLEMAH  SINGS 
I “WHERE  AM  I GOING” 

on  Columbia  Records  soon 


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wholly-owned  Metro  distribution 
branches  in  New  York,  Chicago  and 
Los  Angeles,  and  its  stronger  repre- 
sentation in  the  international  market, 
especially  the  starting  of  its  own  com- 
pany with  Ricordi  in  Italy. 

New  Offices 

Stateside,  MGM  Records  has  made 
a concerted  drive  in  the  rhythm  and 
blues  and  country  music  fields.  The 
emergence  of  the  Royalettes,  Howard 
Tate  and  Spyder  Turner,  to  name  just 
a few,  in  the  R&B  field  and  the  addi- 
tion of  key  personnel  in  that  field 
have  a marked  difference  in  sales. 
MGM  has  also  opened  its  own  C&W 
office  in  Nashville  headed  by  Jim 
Vienneau.  This  proximity  to  the  mar- 
ket has  resulted  in  the  acquisition  of 
artists  like  The  Stonemans,  Tompall 
and  the  Glaser  Brothers  and  Sandy 
Posey  to  an  already  strong  artists’ 
roster  led  by  Hank  Williams,  Jr.  and 
Sheb  Wooley.  In  addition  Hack  Cle- 
ment will  be  working  closely  with 
Vienneau  as  an  independent  producer. 

MGM  has  also  opened  its  own  rec- 
ords division  offices  in  Los  Angeles 
under  the  guidance  of  Clive  Fox.  This 
operation  will  account  for  stepped  un 
control  of  West  Coast  talent  and  A&R 
operation  with  a special  emphasis  on 
significant  soundtracks. 

Distribution 

Nasatir  also  mentioned  the  con- 
tinued sales  expansion  of  various 
exclusive  distribution  deals  as  an  im- 
nortant  part  of  the  MGM  sales  boom. 
Deutsche  Grammophon  classical  nrod- 
uct  for  example,  which  the  label  dis- 
tributes in  the  Unitpd  States,  was  up 
20  percent  over  1965  at  a time  when 
the  classical  business  is  slow  general- 
ly- 

The  MGM  Records’  distributed  in- 
denendent  Kama-Sutra  label  with  the 
hit  Lovin’  Spoonful,  was  well  over  ’65 
sales  figures,  and  the  label  is  showing 
even  rnore  impact  with  chart  product 
from  The  Innocence.  The  Trade  Winds 
and  The  Sopwith  “Camel.” 

Soundtrack  Leader 

In  the  all  important  soundtrack 
area.  Nasatir  underlined  MGM’s  out- 
standing job  as  industry-leader  with 
ttiree  ton-selling,  chart-busting  LP’s 
“Doctor  Zhivago,”  “Born  Free.”  and 
“The  Singing  Nun.”  The  recording  of 
the  Academy  Award  winning 
Maurice  .Tarre  score  for  the  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Maver  film  “Zhivao-o,”  ranks 
among  the  all-time  best  selling  sound- 
tracks. To  date  the  album  is  well  oyer 
the  one  million  mark. 

Other  artists  on  the  MGM  label 
haye  also  scored  heayily  with  album 
product:  among  them  are  Connie 


Francis,  Herman’s  Hermits,  Eric  (i 
Burdon  And  The  Animals,  Sam  The  J 
Sham  and  The  Pharaohs,  Roy  Orbi-  ^ 
son  and  Lou  Christie.  Jj 

Verve  Expansion  If 

Nasatir  also  singled  out  the  diyersi- 
fication  of  the  Verye  label  as  an  im-  || 
posing  ingredient  in  the  record-break-  ip 
ing  sales  results.  The  addition  of  the  \i 
Righteous  Brothers,  the  initial  entry 
from  The  Mothers  of  Inyention  and  ' 

from  Arthur  Prysock  haye  nicely  )J 

augmented  strong  sales  from  Jimmy  i 

Smith,  Stan  Getz,  Willie  Bobo,  Wes 
Montgomery,  Cal  Tjader  and  Astrud 
Gilberto.  Walter  Wanderley’s  first 
album  has  also  giyen  a significant  J 

sales  boost  to  Verye. 

Talking  about  futures  becoming  pre-  j 

sents,  Nasatir  referred  to  the  Verye/  l 

Folkways  scene  which  continues  to 
“build  nicely”  under  label  manager 
Jerry  Schoenbaum’s  direction.  He  re-  ^ 

yealed  that  orders  for  the  second  Blues 
Project  album,  “Projections,”  haye 
already  topped  sales  of  their  first  LP. 

Two  more  artists  are  “substantial 
sellers,”  Janis  Ian  and  Laura  Nyro. 

The  King  Leo  label  was  also  formed 
in  1966  as  a regular  price  deluxe, 
double-fold  line  to  tie  in  with  TV 
spectaculars  and  out-of-the-ordinary 
childrens’  product.  The  first  numbers  ' 
in  this  line,  “How  the  Grinch  Stole 
Christmas”  based  on  the  MGM-TV 
snecial,  and  “You’re  A Good  Man 
Charlie  Brown,”  based  on  the  “Pea- 
nuts” cartoon  characters,  haye  been 
most  successful. 

< 

Budget  Growth 

In  February  of  1966,  MGM  Records 
added  new  labels  to  its  budget  repre- 
sentation that  made  a most  significant  ^ 
contribution  to  the  total  sales  picture. 

In  addition  to  better-than-ever  sales 
from  its  pop  Metro  banner,  VSP  was 
created  to  appeal  to  the  budget-minded 
iazz  buyer.  Heliodor  was  tailored 
snecificallv  for  the  classical  buyer  and 
Leo  the  Lion  Records  was  brought  un 
to  date  and  scored  with  its  “liye 
action”  and  education-slanted  play 
albums.  “Batman.”  “Superman.”  and 
many  other  new  titles  sold  well. 

The  Singles  Front 

On  the  singles  front,  the  MGM  » 
family  of  labels,  racked  up  consistent 
chart  and  sales  action  with  its  maior  < 
artists.  The  label  had  its  biggest  sales 
week  for  singles  in  December  when 
more  than  655,000  45’s  were  sold.  In 
when  1P66  two  of  these  singles,  “LiP 
Red  Riding  Hood”  by  Sam  the  Sham 
and  The  Pharaohs  and  “Summer  In 
The  City”  by  The  Loyin’  Snoonful  < 
qualified  for  RIAA  certification  as 
million  sellers.  r 


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'AWMiTHEKINCi, 


THE  WICKED  PICKETT— Wilson  Pickett— 
Atlantic  M /S  8138 

A collection  of  pop-R  & B standards  and  new 
blues  material.  “Mustang  Sally,”  currently  on 
the  charts,  is  the  lead  otf  tune.  Other  efforts  are 
“Everybody  Needs  Somebody  To  Love”  and 
“Three  Time  Loser.”  Wilson  Pickett  displays  an 
earthy,  down-home  style,  and  the  album  should 
be  in  great  demand.  Both  the  singer’s  fans,  in 
particular,  and  lovers  of  good  pop  sounds  in  gen- 
eral. should  make  this  LP  a winner. 


A SYMPHONY  FOR  SUSAN— The  Arbors- 
Date  TEM  3003/TES  4003 

The  Arbors  sing  a batch  of  pop  goodies.  A 
fresh,  talented,  and  versatile  group,  the  quartet 
renders  the  title  tune,  “A  Symphony  For  Susan,” 
a recent  chart  item,  and  “A  Day  In  The  Life  Of 
A Fool”  to  create  a unique,  distinctive  sound  on 
this  album,  and  this  is  one  of  the  reasons  that  the 
set  is  likely  to  be  a huge  success. 


THE  EGGPLANT  THAT  ATE  CHICAGO— Dr. 
West’s  Medicine  Show  and  Junk  Band — Go  Go  22 
17  001 

This  is  a wild  outfit.  Dr.  West’s  Medicine  Show 
and  Junk  Band  uses  kazoo,  washtub,  washboard, 
1949  Buick  car  bumper  bracket,  Taiwan  finger- 
piano,  and  Tibetan  temple  block.  The  tunes  in- 
clude the  title  song,  “'The  Eggplant  That  Ate 
Chicago,”  “How  Lew  Sin  Ate,”  and  “The  Old 
Fruit  Peddler.”  The  group’s  soft,  subtle  sound 
takes  on  the  power  of  a marching  band.  This  LP 
should  be  a hot  sales  item. 


TOMORROW  NEVER  COMES— B.  J.  Thoma.s— 
Scepter  SRM/SPS  556 

The  unique  song  styling  of  B.  J.  Thomas  is 
evident  everywhere  in  this  LP.  Included  on  the 
disk  are  the  title  tune  “Tomorrow  Never  Comes,” 
“Gonna  Send  You  Back  To  Georgia,”  and  “I  Don’t 
Have  A Mind  Of  My  Own.”  The  artist  displays 
faithfulness  to  his  material  and  style  and  the 
album  should  be  a favorite  among  his  many 
devotees. 


dTHECmTOLS 

WEGOTATHING 


POP  BEST  BETS 


UP  AND  AWAY— The  Kingsmen— Wand  WDM/ 
WDS  675 

The  Kingsmen  perform  fourteen  rock  items  on 
this  album.  New  innovations  in  sound  and  choice 
of  material  are  in  evidence  in  this  set.  The  lead 
off  tune  “If  I Needed  Someone,”  written  by  Beatle 
George  Harrison,  exemplifies  this  new  sound. 
“Grass  Is  Green”  and  “Children’s  Caretaker”  are 
both  sensitive  and  simple  in  feel  and  poetic  in 
lyric.  The  Rolling  Stones’  Mick  dagger  contrib- 
utes “Under  My  Thumb.”  The  LP  should  be  a real 
mover. 


FROM  RIO  WITH  LOVE— Walter  Wanderley— 
Tower  T/TS  5047 

Featuring  such  cleffings  as:  “Rio  And  I,” 
“Quiet  Stars,”  “Life’s  Poem,”  and  “I’ll  Only  Go 
With  A Woman,”  this  set  is  a rich  and  varied 
program  of  Walter  Wanderley’s  music.  This  one 
is  a sure  to  please  item  for  all  of  Wanderley’s 
many  fans  as  well  as  fans  of  Latin  music  in 
general. 


MA  VIE — MY  LIFE — Paul  Vance — Scepter  SRM/ 
SPS  557 

Paul  Vance,  songwriter,  records  his  first  LP  as 
a singer.  He  sings  “Dommage,  Dommage,”  a 
tune  he  wrote,  the  title  track  “Ma  Vie  (My 
Life),”  and  “My  Little  Corner  Of  The  World.” 
The  artist  demonstrates  that  he  can  blend  mean- 
ingful interpretations  of  his  own  works  and  that 
of  others  with  the  flair  of  a total  professional. 
This  album  should  serve  as  a fine  introduction  of 
the  chanter  to  an  appreciative  audience. 


SEE  REVERSE  SIDE  FOR  TITLE— Jim 
Kweskin  & Jug  Band — Vanguard  VRS  9234/VSD 
79234 

A pleasant  and  delightful  romp  into  the  devil- 
may-care,  frolicking  world  of  jug  band  music. 
“Blues  In  The  Bottle,”  “Never  Swat  A Fly,” 
“Richland  Woman,”  “ Papa’s  On  The  Housetop,” 
and  “Viola  Lee”  are  outstanding  tracks.  A sure  to 
please  gift  item,  especially  for  the  folk-oriented 
listener.  Set  is  already  climbing  the  Top  100 
Albums. 


THE  KISSIN’  COUSINS  SING— Lew  Davies  and 
his  Orchestra — Project  3 PR5001SD 

Another  Project  3 Total  Sound  recording.  The 
Kissin’  Cousins  sing  against  the  background  of 
orchestral  arrangements  of  Lew  Davies.  The  LP 
presents  a sharp  definition  of  solos  and  sections, 
warm  presence  of  musical  colors  and  instrumental 
characteristics,  plus  the  excitement  of  “in-depth,” 
total  realization  of  orchestration  and  dynamics. 
This  package  should  make  a lot  of  friends. 


WE  GOT  A GOOD  THING— Capitols— Atco  M/S 
33-201 

The  Capitols  offer  a gathering  of  rock  efforts. 
The  group  demonstrates  on  this  album  that  it  can 
handle  many  different  types  of  material.  The 
selections  include  tunes  that  have  been  hits  for 
other  artists,  like  the  Troggs’  “Wild  Thing,” 
Percy  Sledge’s  “When  A Man  Loves  A Woman,” 
as  well  as  the  Capitols’  own  “We  Got  A Thing 
That’s  In  The  Groove.”  The  trio  sings  them  all 
with  zest  and  fervor,  and  the  LP  is  likely  to 
prove  a fast-moving  sales  item. 


A MAN  AND  A WOMAN — Ferrante  & Teicher — 
United  Artists— UAL  3572/UAS  6572 

The  gifted  Ferrante  and  Teicher  interpret 
motion  picture  themes.  Among  the  tracks  are  the 
title  tune,  “A  Man  And  A Woman,”  “Comedy 
Tonight,”  from  “A  Funny  Thing  Happened  On 
The  Way  To  The  Forum,”  and  “Born  Free.”  The 
duo  has  taken  the  great  new  melodies  from  the 
screen  and  made  them  their  own  on  this  album, 
via  their  lush  string-filled  orchestra  and  their 
dazzling  arrangements.  This  ore  should  be  a 
crowd-pleaser. 


THE  BEST  OF  PIAF— Edith  Piaf— Capitol  D/DT 
2616 

An  excellent  offering  of  songs  by  the  late  Edith 
Piaf.  “Non,  Je  Ne  Regrette  Rien,”  “T’es  Beau,  Tu 
Sais,”  and  “Milord”  are  among  the  better  tracks 
on  this  fine  album.  All  of  Edith  Piaf’s  many, 
many  loyal  fans  are  sure  to  go  for  this  one. 


CHANGES — Jackie  & Roy — Verve  V/V6-8668 
This  delightful  offering  of  jazz/pop  ditties  by 
Jackie  Cain  and  Roy  Krai  is  sure  to  please  all  of 
the  duo’s  many  fans.  “Changes,”  “Norwegian 
Wood,”  “Yesterday,”  “In  My  Life,”  and  “The 
Word”  are  excellent  tracks  on  this,  their  first  LP 
on  Verve.  Likely  to  be  a very  fast  moving 
package. 


MUSIC  FROM  CABARET— Jo  Basile  & Orches- 
tra—Columbia  CL  2575/CS  9375 

The  “Continental  Sound”  of  Jo  Basile’s  Orches- 
tra is  well  suited  to  the  shifting  moods  of  John 
Kander’s  “Cabaret”  score.  “Willkommen,”  “To- 
morrow Belongs  To  Me,”  “Why  Should  I Wake 
Up?,”  and  the  title  song  are  blue-ribbon  ventures. 
Likely  to  be  a fast  moving  set  with  fans  of  the 
mainstemmer. 


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II 


POP  BEST  BETS 


TRIBUTE  TO  RHYTHM  AND  BLUES-Chuck 
Jackson— Wand  WDM/WDS  676 
A power-packed  R&B  workout  by  Chuck  Jack- 
son,  this  set  features  such  well  known  tunes  as 
Wind,”  “Hold  On  I’m  Coming,” 
bd45789,  and  “Sonny”  to  name  only  four  of  the 
moie  outstanding  efforts.  All  of  the  artist’s  many 
tans  should  go  for  this  one  in  a big  way. 


NOT  WITH  MY  WIFE  YOU  DON’T— Soundtrack 
—Warner  Bros.  W/WS  1668 

The  original  soundtrack  from  the  Warner  Bros, 
tlick  of  the  same  title,  should  be  a welcome  sou- 
venir  of  the  cinema  venture.  The  “Main  Title  ” 
Hey  Julietta,”  “Big  Beautiful  Ball,”  and  “Ar- 
rivederci  Hondo”  are  among  the  more  outstand- 
ing tracks.  Could  be  a popular  set  with  the  movie 
goers. 


TEQUILA  A GO  GO — Richard  Davis  & The  Te- 
quila Brass— Audio  Fidelity  AFSD  616.5 

Richard  Davis  and  the  Tequila  Brass  interpret 
a group  of  pop  outings.  Trumpeter  Davis,  with 
wide  experience  in  both  classical  and  popular 
music,  brings  his  virtuosity  to  bear  on  this  disk 
Numbered  among  the  tracks  are  “Shadow  Of 
Your  Smile,”  “Guantanamera,”  and  “Cherry  Pink 
& Apple  Blossom  White.”  This  album  will  find 
tavor  with  a large  audience. 


LYNDONLAND— Various  Artists— P S CB  558M/ 
558S 

Produced  by  Mischa  Pelz  and  Willis  S.  (Sandy) 
Sanders  this  LP  satirizes  Lyndon  Johnson  and  his 
administration.  The  title  track  features  a tour  of 
Lyndonland,”  an  amusement  park  against  which 
much  of  the  album’s  comedy  takes  place.  With 
comedy  disks  a heavy  selling  business,  this  set  is 
likely  to  see  lots  of  chart  action. 


THE  REAL  FOLK  BLUES — John  Lee  Hooker — 
Chess  LP/LPS  1508 

An  offeiing  of  folk  blues  by  John  Lee  Hooker, 
who  IS  certainly  one  of  the  foremost  exponents  of 
this  musical  form.  “Peace  Lovin’  Man,”  “Stella 
Mae’^^  and  “One  Bourbon,  One  Scotch,  and  One 
Beer  are  all  blue-ribbon  tracks.  Bound  to  be  a 
popular  LP,  especially  with  folk  fans. 


LiyiNCl  LEGENDS— Son  House,  Skip  James, 
Williams— Verve/Folkways 

r 1/1'  1 S 3010 

Recorded  live  at  the  Cafe  Au-Go-Go  in  Green- 
1 ^ package  full  of  blues. 

White’s  “Poor  Boy,”  Skip  James’  “I’m  So 
^ j ’c  Somebody  Evil”  by  Big  Joe  Williams, 
and  Son  House’s  “Levee  Camp  Moan”  are  truly 
outstandii^  tracks.  A must  for  the  collector  of 
folk  and  Blues  material. 


PETER  AND  THE  WOLF  AND  THE  INCREDI 
BLE  JIMMY  SMITH— Verve  V/V6-8652 
This  version  of  the  famous  orchestral  worl 
differs  in  many  ways  from  the  original.  This  is 
without  narration  and  it  makes  use  of  the  jazi 
gToup,  not  the  symphony  orchestra.  The  origna: 
themes  are  used  but  they  are  now  somehow  dif- 
ferent because  of  the  orchestration.  There  is  new 
music,  too,  intended  to  give  this  version  duration 
and  to  give  Jimmy  Smith  room  in  which  to  im- 
provise. The  album,  highly  original  in  concept, 
should  find  its  originality  rewarded  in  the  market 
place. 


SPELLBINDER  — Gabor  Szabo  — Impulse  A/AS 
9123 

Gabor  Szabo,  guitarist,  is  featured  in  a group 
of  jazz  renditions.  He  is  backed  up  by  Chico 
Hamilton,  drums;  Don  Carter,  bass;  and  Victor 
Pantoja  and  Willie  Bobo,  Latin  percussion.  In- 
cluded on  the  album  are  “Spellbinder,”  the  title 
Hack,  “It  Was  A Very  Good  Year,”  and  “Bang 
Bang  (My  Baby  Shot  Me  Down).”  Szabo  stresses 
the  importance  of  self-expression  on  this  set,  and 
his  dedication  to  that  quality  is  evident  every- 
where on  the  LP.  The  disk  figures  to  be  highly 
popular. 


RAISING  THE  ROOF — Odell  Brown  & Organ- 
izers—Cadet  LP/LPS  775 

Odell  Brown  and  the  Organ-izers  raise  the  roof 
outings.  The  group  is  composed  of 
Odell  Brown,  organ;  Artee  (Duke)  Payne,  tenor 
and  alto  sax;  Thomas  Purvis,  tenor  sax;  and 
Curtis  Prince,  drums.  Featured  among  the  tracks 
are  the  title  effort,  “Raising  The  Roof,”  “Strike 
Up  The  Band,”  and  “Day  Tripper.”  The  Organ- 
izers evince  fine  musicianship  on  this  album,  and 
the  LP  should  become  a chart  contender. 


CLOSER— Paul  Bley  Trio— ESP— Disk  1021 
A free-swinging  excursion  into  the  jazzman’s 
world.  Personnel  of  the  Paul  Bley  Trio  includes: 
Barry  Altshol,  percussion;  Steve  Swallow,  bass; 
and  Paul  Bley,  piano.  The  title  song,  “Sideways 
In  Mexico,”  and  “Start”  are  blue-ribbon  tracks. 
A must  for  the  jazz  fancier. 


CLASSICAL  PICKS 


DEBUSSY:  THE  MARTYRDOM  OF  ST.  SEBAS- 
TIAN — New  York  Philharmonic/Bernstein— Co- 
lumbia M2L  353/M2S  753 
This  boxed  set  is  the  first  English  recording  of 
this  monumental  work  of  Debussy  and  texts  are 
enclosed.  The  New  York  Philharmonic  under  the 
masterful  direction  of  Leonard  Bernstein,  pro- 
vides the  background  for  the  text  as  spoken  by 
Felicia  Montealegre  and  Fritz  Weaver.  This,  the 
only  religious  work  of  Debussy’s  maturity,  ’is  a 
must  for  those  interested  in  the  music  of  this 
fine  composer. 


THE  BALLAD  OF  BABY  DOE — New  York  City 
Opera — Heliodor  HS-25035-3 

This  opera  by  Douglas  Moore  and  John  Latouch 
is  masterfully  performed  by  the  New  York  City 
Opera  featuring  Beverly  Sills,  Walter  Cassel,  and 
Frances  Bible.  Julius  Rudel  directed  this  LP, 
which  was  recorded  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Koussevitzky  Music  Foundation.  Should  be  a pop- 
ular set  with  opera  buffs. 


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35 


io  Seek  Dafe 

C©-‘.''3i'  Heg.  M9r. 

NEW  YGIc’C — Eddie  Matthews,  newly 
.-.ppointea  ni.inag'er  of  Date  Records, 
has  announced  plans  to  travel  to  the 
VVest  Coast  early  in  Jan.  in  order  to 
interview  possible  candidates  for  the 
post  of  West  Coast  regional  manager 
of  the  firm. 

The  conclusion  of  1966  finds  Date 
in  high  gear,  according  to  Matthews, 
who  foresees  an  even  greater  year 
in  1967.  Date  is  currently  clicking 
with  the  Peaches  & Herb  single, 
“Let’s  Fall  In  Love,”  which  was  a hit 
R&B  record  and  is  now  making  noise 
in  the  pop  field.  Another  Date  group, 
the  Arbors,  has  also  made  a name  for 
itself  with  its  recent  “Symphony  For 
Susan”  single  and  LP  offering. 

Matthews  has  also  indicated  that 
the  label  has  just  acquired  two  more 
singles  masters,  which  will  be  re- 
leased later  this  month. 

Date  is  distributed  nationally  by 
Columbia,  and,  beginning  Dec.  27,  the 
entire  Date  executive  and  field  staff 
will  call  on  each  of  the  Columbia  dis- 
tributors to  personally  greet  them  and 
thank  them  for  a job  well  done. 


Cameo/Parkway  Scoring  Big 
With  'Sen.  Bobby'  Single 

NEW  YORK— As  Sen.  Everett  Mc- 
Kinley Dirkson  continues  to  romp  up 
the  singles  and  album  charts  with  his 
tale  of  “Gallant  Men”  on  Capitol, 
another  Congressional  figure.  Sen. 
Bobby  is  straining  at  the  bit,  ready 
to  lend  his  name  to  posterity  with 
his  “Wild  Thing”  single  on  Parkwav. 

The  single,  a brainchild  of  comedy 
producers  Chip  Taylor  and  Dennis 
Wholey,  is  an  uproarious  spoof  which 
has  reportedly  reached  75.000  sales 
in  the  first  week  of  release.  Both  sides 
of  the  record  feature  the  same  tune, 
the  top  side  as  handled  by  “Sen. 
Bobby”  and  the  flip  in  the  hands  of 
“Sen.  Everett  McKinley,”  two  char- 
acters from  the  fertile  minds  of 
Taylor  and  Wholey.  Sen.  Bobby,  a 
takeoff  on  Sen.  Robert  Kennedy,  is 
portrayed  on  the  single  by  Bill 
Minkin,  with  Steve  Baron  and  Dennis 
Wholey  as  minor  characters. 

The  cast  is  part  of  a group  called 
the  Hardly- Worthit  Players,  who  re- 
cently released  a Parkway  LP,  also 
a Taylor-Wholey  production,  called 
“The  Hardly- Worthit  Report.  Cameo/ 
Parkway  sales  manager  Neil  Bogart 
indicated  that  the  LP  is  being  re- 
mastered to  include  the  new  single. 
Special  display  units,  window  stream- 
ers, counter  cards,  hang  tags  and  di- 
rect mail  stuffer  inserts  are  now 
being  rushed  to  distributors.  Bogart 
revealed  that  he  placed  an  initial 
pressing  order  of  50,000  on  the  LP. 


Disney  Memorial 
To  Benefit  Cal-Arts 

NEW  YORK— Walt  Disney  Music  in 
conjunction  with  Buena  Vista  Records 
is  releasing  a commemorative  LP  en- 
titled, “The  Music  Of  Walt  Disney.” 
The  album,  which  is  scheduled  for  re- 
lease early  in  Jan.,  will  be  a non- 
commercial set  with  all  royalties  and 
profits  from  its  manufactui-e  being 
donated  to  the  California  Institute  of 
Arts.  In  order  that  Cal-Arts  might 
receive  a gi-eater  benefit  from  the 
sale  of  the  Disney  package,  all 
production  costs  are  being  absorbed 
by  Walt  Disney  Music. 

The  album  will  contain  music  from 
Disney  productions  of  the  past  30- 
years. 

The  late  Mr.  Disney  had  always 
been  partial  to  Cal-Arts,  which  is  an 
internationally  oriented  school  leaning 
heavily  on  the  graphic  and  lively 
arts. 


ASCAP's  New  Writer  Deal 
Ups  Membership  Roster 

NEW  YORK— In  the  last  four 
months  of  1966,  about  25%  more 
writers  joined  the  American  Society 
of  Composers,  Authors  and  Publishers 
(ASCAP)  than  in  the  same  four 
month  period  of  1965  and  1964. 

This  significant  increase  is  attrib- 
uted to  the  new  program  of  royalty 
distribution  inaugurated  by  ASCAP 
last  September.  The  management  ex- 
ecutive in  charge  of  the  Society’s 
survey  and  distribution,  Paul  Marks, 
in  commenting  about  this  increase, 
noted:  “Most  of  our  new  writers  have 
indicated  great  interest  in  the  provi- 
sions of  the  new  system  which  permit 
them  to  receive  royalty  payments 
based  upon  current  performances  in 
the  first  few  years  of  their  member- 
ship, with  the  opportunity  at  a later 
date  (at  their  option)  to  switch  over 
to  the  system  in  which  they  average 
their  performances.” 

The  changes  under  the  new  plan 
call  for  quicker  payments  to  writers 
and  publishers,  and  also  make  it  pos- 
sible for  the  Society  to  give  advances 
to  writers  against  future  royalties 
based  on  evidence  of  current  activity. 
Marks  also  pointed  out  that  many 
writers  and  music  publishers  not 
affiliated  with  the  Society  have  been 
reviewing  their  performance  royalty 
situation  and  have  been  inquiring 
about  how  they  would  fare  as  mem- 
bers of  the  Society. 

Among  ASCAP’s  newly  elected 
writer  members  are  such  well-known 
performers  as  Barbra  Streisand,  Don 
Ho  and  Jeri  Southern,  among  others. 

The  new  plan  for  payment  of  per- 
formance fees  has  been  in  operation 
since  last  September  12,  when  it  was 
approved  by  Chief  Judge  Sylvester 
Ryan  of  the  Federal  Court  in  New 
York,  following  a hearing  on  the  mat- 
ter. 


WINDOW  ON  UA — The  two  windows  above  are  the  World 
Of  Music  (left)  and  Sam  Goody  (right)  both  of  New  York  City.  Included 
among  the  featured  albums  on  display,  are  soundtracks  from  “Hawaii,”  “A 
Man  And  A Woman,”  and  “A  Funny  Thing  Happened  On  The  Way  To  The 
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Checker  

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Gordy  12,  19, 

Imperial  33, 

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London  100 

Lucky  Eleven  46 

Mala  63 

Mercury  39,  51 

MGM  15,  20,  36,  53,  61,  80 

Monument  93 

Motown  30 

Musicor  83 

New  Voice 13 

Original  Sound  21 

Parlow  8 

Parrot  79 

Philips  24,  56,  94 

RCA  Victor  91 

Reprise  5,  7,  64,  78,  89 

Roulette  34 

Scepter  62 

Shout 74 

Smash  84 

Stax  43,  73 

Soul  26 

Tamla  10,  44 

Tico  98 

United  Artists  66 

U.S.A 82 

Valiant  32 

Verve 92 

Volt 29 

Warner  Bros 49 


Burton  Dinner  Is 
'66  Tax  Deduction 

NEW  YORK — The  Friends  of  Robert 
J.  Burton,  an  informal,  all-industry 
committee  now  engaged  in  a cam- 
paign to  establish  a Burton  Memorial 
Fellowship  at  Columbia  University, 
has  stressed  the  importance  of  the 
timing  of  gifts  to  the  drive  in  order 
to  take  maximum  advantage  of  tax 
considerations. 

Although  the  dinner  dance,  the  pro- 
ceeds of  which  will  be  used  in  setting 
up  the  Burton  Fellowship  for  study 
and  research  in  copyright  law,  will 
not  be  held  until  March  21,  it  was 
noted  that  contributions  for  places  or 
tables  at  the  affair,  extended  now, 
would  be  deductible  against  taxes  de- 
clared for  the  current  year. 

For  those  many  firms  or  individuals 
who  have  enjoyed  a good  year  of 
profits  in  1966,  the  advantages  of 
making  the  contribution  of  $50  per 
plate  or  $500  per  table  of  10,  before 
December  31,  are  obvious.  According 
to  the  committee,  seventy  per  cent  of 
each  subscription  is  tax  deductible. 

“We  know,”  said  Morris  Levy,  com- 
mittee chairman,  “that  most  of  the 
responsible  people  in  our  industry, 
with  an  awareness  of  its  needs,  are 
going  to  get  behind  this  tremendously 
worthy  affair.  It’s  obvious  that  the 
sooner  the  pledges  and  checks  are 
received,  the  sooner  we  can  be  sure 


Sylvia  Telles  Dies 

NEW  YORK — Sylvia  Telles,  one  of 
Brazil’s  most  popular  singers,  was 
killed  last  week  in  an  automobile 
crash.  At  press  time  only  sparse  de- 
tails were  available,  but  reports  in- 
dicated that  the  accident  occured  on 
the  European  continent. 

The  artist  was  associated  with 
Kapp  Records  in  the  United  States. 
Her  first  album  here  “Sylvia  Telles 
Sings  The  Wonderful  Songs  Of  An- 
tonio Carlos  Jobim,”  was  released  by 
Kapp  in  1965,  followed  by  “The  Face 
I Love”  in  Oct.  1966. 


of  the  success  of  our  drive  to  reach 
the  $100,000  we  need  to  establish  the 
Fellowship.  But  each  company  or  indi- 
vidual should  make  his  own  decision 
as  regards  getting  the  maximum  tax 
advantages  of  the  gift.” 

The  dinner  dance,  being  planned  for 
2,000  guests,  will  be  held  in  the  Im- 
perial Ballroom  of  The  Hotel  Ameri- 
cana on  Tuesday  evening,  March  21. 
All-star  entertainment  will  be  pro- 
vided. A full  house  will  realize  the 
goal  of  $100,000  sufficient  to  establish 
the  self-perpetuating  fund.  Interest 
from  the  fund  will  be  used  to  finance 
the  education  of  a worthy  student 
engaged  in  the  study  of  copyright,  or 
other  law  affecting  the  arts.  Thus  the 
recipient  will  be  helping  to  memorial- 
ize the  vast  contributions  made  to  this 
field  by  the  late  Judge  Burton. 


UPCOMING  EVENTS 


A Schedule  of  Major  Industry  Cvenis  In  the  Coming  Months 


EVENT 

SAN  REMO  FESTIVAL 

DATE 

JAN.  26-28 

PLACE 

SAN  REMO,  ITALY 

MIDEM  (INT'L  RECORD 
& MUSIC  PUBLISHING 
MARKET) 

JAN.  30-FEB.  4 

PALACE  DES  FESTIVALS. 
CANNES,  FRANCE 

NARM  (RACK  JOBBER) 
CONVENTION 

MAR.  5-10 

CENTURY  PLAZA  HOTEL,  LOS 
ANGELES 

NARAS  GRAMMY  AWARDS 

MAR.  2 

NEW  YORK,  CHICAGO,  LOS 
ANGELES.  NASHVILLE 

FRIENDS  OF  BOB  BURTON 
DINNER-DANCE 

MAR  21 

AMERICANA  HOTEL,  N.Y. 

NAB  (BROADCASTERS) 
CONVENTION 

APRIL  2-5 

CONRAD  HILTON  HOTEL. 
CHICAGO 

COUNTRY  MUSIC  WEEK 

OCT.  19-21 

NASHVILLE,  TENN. 

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BUENA  VISTA  RECORDS  will  release  early  in  January, 
a commemorative  record  album  “THE  MUSIC  OF  WALT 
DISNEY.”  This  album  will  contain  music  from  Walt  Dis- 
ney Productions  over  the  past  30  years,  from  “Snow  White” 
to  “Mary  Poppins.”  Most  of  this  material  will  be  from  orig- 
inal sound  tracks  including  3 Academy  Award  winning 
songs. 

This  album  is  a non-commercial  special  release.  Royalties 
and  profits  from  its  manufacture  are  being  donated  to  the 
California  Institute  of  Arts. 

The  California  Institute  of  Arts  is  a unique  college,  inter- 
national in  scope,  where  all  the  arts,  design,  theatre,  motion 
pictures,  fine  arts  and  music  flourish  together.  Walt  Disney 
" has  said  of  Cal-Arts  “It’s  the  principle  thing  I hope  to  leave 

- when  I move  on  to  greener  pastures.  If  I can  provide  a 

place  to  develop  talent  for  the  future,  I think  I will  have 
f accomplished  something.” 


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2M/T^Ment  Enter  Working  Agreement 


-j  Y ‘ — MGM  Records  and 

!:  .1' Tiber’s  Trident  Productions 
a "•  liti-phased  working  agree- 


.,T£T;i,  on  Jan.  2. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  pact,  MGM 
will  release  Werber’s  production  ef- 
forts for  one  year,  and  will  market 
such  product  under  the  Verve,  as 
well  as  other  subsidiary  labels. 

More  than  just  a standard  inde- 
pendent production  deal,  the  merger 
will,  in  effect,  establish  Trident  as  a 
working  adjunct  to  MGM’s  west  coast 
A&R  Department.  MGM  becomes  one 
of  the  first  major  labels  to  recognize 
vast  contributions  to  today’s  pop 
music  market  emanating  from  San 
Francisco.  Some  of  the  artists  already 
signed  include  Blackburn  and  Snow, 
The  Mystery  Trend,  the  Sons  of 
Champlin,  Malachi,  The  Ensemble  and 
the  Don  Scaletta  Trio. 

In  commenting  on  the  pact  with 
Trident  Productions,  Mort  Nasatir, 
MGM  president,  said,  ‘‘the  vast  back- 
ground and  knowledge  contributed  by 
Frank  Werber  and  his  associates  at 
Trident,  will  broaden  Verve  product 
representation  in  the  overall  market.” 


Werber,  who  discovered  the  King- 
ston Trio  and  promoted  them  from  an 
off-campus  trio  into  one  of  the  most 
successful  singing  groups  in  the  world, 
stated  that  a survey  in  depth  of  the 
Bay  Area  disclosed  that  San  Fran- 
cisco, which  has  always  been  a center 
for  creative  people,  is  fast  becoming 
established  as  the  capital  of  the  new 
wave  of  music  being  recorded  today. 

“The  Trident  setup,”  said  Werber, 
“with  its  organization,  high  quality 
recoi’ding  studio  facilities,  talent  man- 
agement and  development  division, 
publishing  companies,  promotion  and 
art  departments  all  located  under  one 
roof  in  historic  Columbus  Tower,  made 
this  an  ideal  merger  of  intei’ests  for 
us.” 

Werber,  emphasizing  the  fact  that 
the  new  setup  would  not  be  interested 
in  any  “quick-lived  fad,”  declared  that 
his  involvement  will  not  be  solely  con- 
cerned with  the  singles  market  group 
sound. 

“We  intend  to  delve  into  all  aspects 
of  music  available  in  this  area,” 
Werber  said,  “and  this  includes  new 
forms  of  jazz,  psychedelic  sounds  and 
1 the  new  emergence  of  holy  music.” 


Fradkin  To  Head  Heliodor 

NEW  YORK— Philip  Fradkin  has 
been  appointed  to  the  position  of 
supervisor  of  Heliodor  Records, 
MGM’s  budget  classical  line,  by  the 


PHILIP  FRADKIN 


company’s  classical  division  chief 
Jerry  Schoenbaum.  He  succeeds 
Richard  de  Costa,  supervisor  since 
the  label’s  inception,  who  has  just  left 
to  become  the  manager  of  the  Ameri- 
can Wind  Symphony  Orchestra. 

Fradkin  has  most  recently  served 
in  the  position  of  assistant  musical 
director  with  Westminster  Records. 


Goldsboro  Recuperating; 

No  Date  Changes  Planned 

NEW  YORK — United  Artists’  Bobby 
Goldsboro  took  an  enforced  rest  last 
week  when  a strep  throat  landed  him 
in  a hospital  in  his  home  town  of 
Dothan,  Ala. 

Goldsboro  is  reportedly  responding 
well  to  treatment  and  is  expected  to 
be  back  in  action  well  before  his 
scheduled  engagements  next  month  in 
Europe.  His  dates  there  include  his 
debut  at  the  San  Remo  Song  Festival 
preceeded  by  TV  spots  in  England 
and  France. 

Goldsboro  is  currently  represented 
on  the  Top  100  with  “Blue  Autumn.” 


Hirt  Buys  Into  Saints 

NEW  YORK— A1  Hirt  has  bought 
into  the  National  Football  League’s 
latest  franchise,  the  New  Orleans 
Saints.  He  has  been  actively  con- 
cerned for  several  years  with  bring- 
ing a professional  football  team  to  his 
home  state.  The  club  will  begin  opera- 
tion in  the  fall  of  ’67  and  will  use 
the  Tulane  Univ.  “Sugar  Bowl  Sta- 
dium” until  its  own  $30  million 
“Superdome”  is  completed.  It  is  un- 
derstood that  the  RCA  Victor  artist 
will  help  to  promote  the  team. 


Music  Boom 

(Continued  from  page  7) 

000  each)  and  recorder  (750,000). 
j Making  music  ranked  second  only 
j to  reading  among  the  country’s  leisure 
I activities.  One  out  of  every  4.5  Ameri- 
I cans,  4 years  old  or  more,  played  an 
instrument  or  received  musical  in- 
i struction. 

I Significant  in  the  musical  boom  was 
the  steady  growth  of  the  community 
orchestra.  Of  our  1,385  symphony 
orchestra,  the  vast  majority,  1,033 
1 was  made  up  of  community  groups. 
I Almost  90%  of  the  musicians  in  these 
i orchestras  were  amateurs. 

! About  10  years  ago,  there  were  only 
I 650  community  orchestras;  40  years 
ago,  there  were  fewer  than  100. 

With  more  than  242,000,000  radios 
in  operation,  the  average  adult  Ameri- 
can listens  about  16  hours  per  week 
I to  radio  programing,  of  which  rougly 
I 80%  comes  from  records.  New  tech- 
I nical  and  legal  developments — FM 
stereo,  color  and  mandatory  inclusion 
of  UHF  tuners  in  all  new  television 
sets — are  encouraging  construction  of 
FM  and  educational  television  sta- 
tions, among  the  major  disseminators 
of  concert  music. 


Fred  Foster  Sound  Studios 
Build  8-Track  Facilities 

NASHVILLE— Fred  Foster  Sound 
Studios  has  installed  Nashville’s  first 
eight-track  recording  facilities.  The 
unit  was  built  by  Minnesota  Mining 
and  Manufacturing,  St.  Paul,  Minne- 
sota, under  the  direction  of  Scotty 
Lyall,  chief  engineer  of  the  Profes- 
sional Products  division. 

Although  Fred  Foster,  president  of 
the  Studios,  has  announced  plans  for 
a new  recording  facility  to  be  built 
here  in  1967,  he  said  he  plans  to  con- 
tinue operation  of  the  present  studio. 
Foster  reported  that  he  has  already 
installed  a new  four-track  Scully  and 
that  existing  equipment  has  been  com- 
pletely up-dated. 

The  staff  was  recently  increased  to 
four  full-time  engineers  with  the  ad- 
dition of  Mort  Thomasson  and  Bob 
Farris.  Thomas  Strong  and  Brent 
Maher  round  out  the  engineering 
team. 


RCA  Victor  Inks  Simone 

NEW’  YORK — Nina  Simone  has  been 
signed  to  a long-term  exclusive  re- 
cording contract  by  RCA  Victor  Rec- 
ords. ’I’he  announcement  came  recent- 
ly from  Ernie  Altschuler,  division 
vice  president  and  executive  producer, 
who  has  assigned  Danny  Davis  to 
produce  the  artist’s  recordings. 

The  thrush  came  to  the  RCA  Victor 
studios  recently  for  a pair  of  record- 
ing sessions,  and  her  first  single  for 
the  label  will  be  released  shortly.  In 
April  of  1967,  she  will  embark  on  her 
third  European  tour,  with  perform- 
ances scheduled  in  London,  Amster- 
dam and  Antibes.  She  will  also  make 
TV  appearances  in  Spain  as  well  as 
on  Eurovision.  Prior  to  her  departure 
for  Europe,  she  will  play  three  weeks 
at  the  'Troubadour  in  Los  Angeles 
(opening  Jan.  17),  a month  at  the 
Hungry  i in  San  Francisco  (opening 
Feb.  13)  plus  several  college  concert 
dates.  In  Jan.  she  also  plays  the  Vil- 
lage Gate  in  New  York  on  the  week- 
ends of  Jan.  6 and  Jan.  13. 


Peer-Southern  Plans 
To  Promote  The  Cumbias 

NEW  YORK — Peer-Southern  Music’s 
Latin  Division  has  planned  a large- 
scale  program  to  promote  a new 
dance  rhythm,  the  cumbias,  in  196'7. 
The  cumbias,  although  originating  in 
Columbia,  has  become  extremely  pop- 
ular in  Mexico.  Peer  Southern  plans 
to  introduce  the  dance  to  the  U.S. 
with  the  new  Tico  LP,  “Cumbias  A 
Go  Go,”  recorded  by  Roberto  Ferrer, 
an  American  artist  now  on  tour  in 
Latin  America  where  he  has  appeared 
at  the  Panama  Hilton  in  Panama  and 
on  TV  in  Costa  Rica. 

Peer-Southern  has  also  been  in- 
strumental in  introducing  via  its 
copyrights  such  dances  and  rhythms 
as  the  rhumba,  samba,  mambo,  cha 
cha,  merengue  and  most  recently  the 
jequibau  and  are  planning  to  repeat 
with  the  cumbias. 


Atlantic's  Best  Year 

(Continued  from  page  7) 

and  was  active  on  the  LP  front  with  a 
score  of  chart  sets.  The  company  also 
got  busy  on  the  future  with  the  long 
term  signings  of  a host  of  pop,  r&b 
and  jazz  artists  and  increased  its 
international  activities  with  the  sign- 
ing of  many  new  licensees. 

Singles 

On  the  singles  scene  Atlantic  burst 
through  in  the  spring  with  two  No.  1 
records.  One  was  a million-seller  with 
a brand  new  artist,  Percy  Sledge  titled 
“When  A Man  Loves  A Woman”  which 
Sledge  followed  that  up  with  two 
more  hits,  “Warm  And  Tender  Love,” 
and  “It  Tears  Me  Up.”  The  Young 
Rascals  had  the  other  No.  1 item: 
“Good  Lovin’.”  Atco  Records  had  a 
No.  1 chart  disk.  The  Troggs’  “Wild 
Thing,”  which  helped  introduce  the 
English  group  to  U.S.  audiences.  The 
group  had  two  other  hits  in  1966,  “I 
Can’t  Control  Myself”  and  “With  A 
Girl  Like  You.” 

Bobby  Darin  came  through  with  a 
big  item  for  Atlantic  with  “If  I Were 
A Carpenter,”  and  Sonny  & Cher 
nailed  down  another  hit  on  Atco  with 
“Little  Man.”  Wilson  Pickett  scored 
with  four  chart-busters,  including 
“Mustang  Sally,”  “Land  Of  1000 
Dances,”  “Ninety-Nine  And  A Half 
Won’t  Do,”  and  “Don’t  Fight  It.” 
Barbara  Lewis  went  up  the  charts 
with  “Make  Me  Belong  To  You,”  while 
Mary  Wells  had  a big  one  with  “Dear 
Lover.” 

Hits  on  the  Karen  and  Carla  labels 
included  Deon  Jackson’s  “Love  Makes 
The  World  Go  Round,”  and  the  Capi- 
tols’ “Cool  Jerk.”  Joe  Tex  kept  his 
Dial  Records’  string  intact  with  five 
hits  including  “A  Sweet  Woman  Like 
You,”  “S.Y.S.L.J.F.M.,”  “I  Believe  I’m 
Gonna  Make  It,”  “I’ve  Got  To  Do  A 
Little  Bit  Better,”  and  “Papa  Was 
Too.”  The  Shadows  of  Knight  scored 
solidly  with  “Gloria”  on  the  Dunwich 
label,  and  Jimmy  Hughes  had  a strong 
seller  with  “Neighbor,  Neighbor”  on 
Fame. 

On  Stax  and  Volt  there  were  hits 
aplenty.  They  included  Carla  Thomas’ 
“B-A-B-Y,”  Eddie  Floyd’s  “Knock  On 
Wood,”  Sam  & Dave’s  “Hold  On,  I’m 
Cornin’,”  The  Mar-Keys’  “Philly  Dog,” 
and  four  Otis  Redding  hits,  “A  Lover’s 
Prayer,”  “Satisfaction,”  “Fa-Fa-Fa- 
Fa-Fa,”  and  “Try  A Little  Tender- 
ness.” 

Albums 

Atlantic-Atco  album  sales  reported- 
ly increased  by  100  per  cent  in  1966 
over  1965.  Sales  were  sparked  by  “The 
Wondrous  World  Of  Sonny  & Cher,” 
and  their  previous  Atco  LP,  “Look  At 
Us.”  The  Young  Rascals  had  a smash 
Atlantic  LP,  “The  Young  Rascals,” 
and  Percy  Sledge  had  two  hot  items 
“When  A Man  Loves  A Woman,”  and 
“Warm  And  Tender  Soul.”  “The  Ex- 
citing Wilson  Pickett,”  Joe  Tex’s  “The 
Love  You  Save”  and  “I’ve  Got  To  Do 
A Little  Bit  Better,”  “Solid  Gold 
Soul,”  and  Bobby  Darin’s  “If  I Were 


A Carpenter”  were  all  solid  sellers. 
“Wild  'fhing”  by  The  Troggs  on  Atco, 
“Gloria”  by  The  Shadows  of  Knight  on 
Dunwich  and  “The  Best  Of  The 
Righteous  Brothers”  on  Moonglow,  all 
were  chart  LP’s 

Best  selling  jazz  LP’s  on  Atlantic 
included  sets  by  Herbie  Mann,  Charles 
Lloyd,  Brother  Jack  McDuff,  Sergio 
Mendes  and  the  Modern  Jazz  Quartet. 

On  Stax  and  Volt  the  top  sellers 
included  three  Otis  Redding  LP’s: 
“Dictionary  Of  Soul,”  “The  Soul 
Album,”  and  “Otis  Blue”;  Sam  & 
Dave’s  “Hold  On  I’m  Cornin’  ”;  and 
Carla  Thomas’  “Carla.” 

New  Signings 

Atlantic-Atco  signed  long  term,  ex- 
clusive contracts  with  a number  of 
artists  during  1966.  Among  the  jazz 
artists  who  joined  the  label  were: 
Charles  Lloyd,  Jack  McDuff,  Shelley 
Manne,  Freddie  Hubbard,  Robin  Keny- 
atta.  Chick  Corea  and  Junior  Mance. 

Aptha  Franklin  was  signed  to  At- 
lantic with  her  first  release  set  for 
early  1967.  Other  artists  who  joined 
Atlantic  in  1966  included  Keely  Smith, 
Dee  Dee  Sharp,  The  Bitter  End 
Singers,  Tamiko  Jones,  Charlie 
Brown’s  Generation,  The  Buffalo 
Springfield  and  The  Washington 
Square  Stompers.  Herbie  Mann,  a 
star  on  Atlantic  for  the  past  five 
years,  signed  a new  long-term  agree- 
ment with  the  company.  Through 
Atlantic’s  French  affiliate  Barclay, 
Atlantic  secured  the  rights  to  distrib- 
ute recordings  in  the  United  States  by 
Mireille  Mathieu.  The  company  also 
made  arrangements  to  handle  distri- 
bution of  Willie  Barney’s  Bright  Star 
and  Four  Brothers  labels  and  George 
Tobin’s  Brahma  label. 

In  February  of  1966  Atlantic  con- 
cluded a contract  with  the  RCA  Victor 
Record  Club  which  enabled  the  club 
to  make  available  to  its  members 
Atlantic  and  Atco  LP’s,  and  Stax, 
Volt,  Dial  and  Focus  LP’s  for  which 
Atlantic  has  the  distribution  rights. 

Foreign  Sales 

Atlantic’s  foreign  sales  underwent 
an  expansion  in  1966  aided  by  pro- 
motional tours  overseas  of  many 
Atlantic  artists  and  the  appointment 
of  a number  of  new  foreign  licensees 
to  handle  the  Atlantic  labels.  Sonny 
& Cher  made  a 1 month  long  tour  of 
Europe.  Wilson  Pickett,  Bobby  Darin, 
Ben  E.  King,  Solomon  Burke,  Charles 
Lloyd,  Otis  Redding,  Junior  Wells, 
Leslie  Uggams  and  the  Young  Rascals 
also  made  successful  overseas  tours  in 
1966. 

New  licensees  for  Atlantic  product 
appointed  in  1966  by  Nesuhl  Ertegun, 
Atlantic  vice-president  and  director 
of  International  Operations,  included 
Polydor  Records  for  England,  Quality 
Records  for  Canada,  Barclay  Records 
for  Belgium  and  Switzerland,  Polydor 
Records  for  Mexico,  Brazil,  Peru, 
Columbia  and  Chile,  Polydor  Records 
for  Holland  and  Teal  Records  for 
South  Africa. 


36u 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


Ga^  itox 


TOP  100  Albums 


DECEMBER  31,  1966 


THE  MONKEES 

(Colgems  COM/COS  101) 


Po5.  Last  Week 
1 


25 


2 

S.R.O. 

Herb  Alpert  & The  Tijuana  Brass 
(A&M  LP  119 /SP  4119) 

2 

26 

3 

DR.  ZHIVAGO 

Soundtrack  (MGM  E/SE  6 ST) 

3 

• 

4 

JE  M'APPELLE  BARBRA 

Barbra  Streisand 
(Columbia  CL  2547/CS  9347) 

4 

28 

5 

GOT  LIVE  IF  YOU  WANT  IT 

5 

Rolling  Stones  (London  LL  3493 /PS 

493) 

29 

6 

PARSLEY,  SAGE,  ROSEMARY  & 

THYME 

Simon  & Garfunkel 
(Columbia  CL  2563/CS  9363) 

6 

• 

SOUND  OF  MUSIC 

8 

31 

Soundtrack  (RCA  Victor  LOCD/LSOD  2005) 

• 

BORN  FREE 

9 

32 

Roger  Williams  (Kapp  KL  1501/KS  3501) 

33 

■1 

WINCHESTER  CATHEDRAL 

New  Vaudeville  Band 
(Fontana  MGF  27560/SRF  67560) 

11 

34 

1 ,1.  10 

WHAT  NOW  MY  LOVE 

Herb  Alpert  & Tijuana  Brass 
(A  & M LP  114/SP  4114} 

7 

35 

i ll 

i I 

SUPREMES  A GO-GO 

(Motown  M/S  649) 

10 

• 

; 

HUMS  OF  THE  LOVIN' 
SPOONFUL 

(Kama  Sutra  KLP/KLPS  8054) 

14 

37 

i.|  13 

SOMEWHERE  MY  LOVE 

Ray  Conniff  Singers 
(Columbia  CL  2519 /CS  9319) 

13 

38 

14 

THE  MAMAS  & THE  PAPAS 

(Dunhill  D/DS  50010) 

15 

39 

15 

GOING  PLACES 

17 

1 

Herb  Alpert  & Tijuana  Brass 
(A  & M LP  112 /SP  4112) 

40 

WINCHESTER  CATHEDRAL 

Lawrence  Welk 

(Dot  DLP  3774/DLP  25774) 

25 

41 

• 

THE  BEST  OF  HERMAN'S 
HERMITS,  VOL.  2 

(MGM  E/SE  4416) 

21 

• 

; 18 

THE  WILD  ANGELS 

Soundtrack  (Tower  T/ST  5043) 

18 

43 

19 

SPINOUT 

19 

Elvis  Presley  (RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3702) 

44 

• 

DEAN  MARTIN  TV  SHOW 

(Reprise  R/RS  6233 /RS  6233) 

23 

45 

21 

2nd  GOLD  VAULT  OF  HITS 

Four  Seasons 

(Philips  PHM  200-221/PHS  600-221) 

22 

46 

22 

WONDERFULNESS 

20 

1 

Bill  Cosby  (Warner  Bros.  W/WS  1634) 

47 

' 23 

ii 

GOLDEN  GREATS  OF  GARY 
LEWIS 

(Uberty  LRP  3468/LST  7468) 

16  ) 

j 

48 

ji 

THE  TEMPTATIONS  GREATEST 
HITS 

(Gordy  GLP/SLP  919) 

3’ 

49 

101 

SPAGHETTI  SAUCE  AND  OTHER 

DELIGHTS 

110 

102 

Pat  Cooper 

(United  Artists  UAL  3548//UAS  6548) 

SEE  REVERSE  SIDE  FOR  TITLE 

111 

Jim  Kwesken  & Jug  Band 
(Vanguard  VRS  9234/VSD  79234) 

112 

, 103 

WANTED  DEAD  OR  ALIVE  — BANG 
BANG 

113 

Joe  Cuba  Sextet  (Tico  1146) 

1 104 

WILD  THINGS 

Ventures  (Dolton  BLP  2047/BST  8047) 

114 

i 105 

COMMAND  PERFORMANCE 

Doc  Severinson  (Command  904) 

115 

, 106 

YOU  ASKED  FOR  IT 

Ferrante  & Teicher 

116 

) 

' 107 

1 

(United  Artists  UAL  3526/UAS  6526) 

THE  IMPOSSIBLE  DREAM 

Jack  Jones  (Kapp  KL  1486/KS  3486) 

117 

00 

o 

WHISPERS 

Jackie  Wilson 

(Brunswick  DLM  54122/DLS  754122) 

118 

1 1 

VINTAGE  STOCK 

Mary  Wells  (Motown  653) 

119 

WHIPPED  CREAM  AND 
OTHER  DELIGHTS 

Herb  Alpert  & Tijuana  Brass 
(A  & M LP/SP  110) 


Pos.  Last  Week 
26 


SERGIO  MENDES  & 
BRASIL  '66 

(A  i M LP  116/SP  4116) 


THAT'S  LIFE 

Frank  Sinatra  (Reprise  F/FS  1020) 

BORN  FREE 

Soundtrack  (MGM  B/SC  4368) 


LOU  RAWLS  SOULIN' 

(Capitol  T/ST  2566) 


FOUR  TOPS  LIVE! 

(Motown  MLP/SLP  654) 

ANIMALISM 

The  Animals  (MGM  E/SB  4414) 


GUANTANAMERA 

Sandpipers  (A&M  LP  177 /SP  4177) 


96  TEARS 

? Question  Mark  & Mysterians 
(Cameo  C/CS  2004) 


12 

53 

29 

24 

59 

32 

27 

34 


50 

51 

52 


MORE  GREAT  HITS 

Dave  Clark  Five 

(Epic  LN  24221 /BN  26221) 


Pos.  Lest  Week 
51 


BERT  KAEMPFERT'S 
GREATEST  HITS 

(Decca  DLM  4810/DLS  74810) 


52 


MAN  OF  LA  MANCHA 


56 


Original  Cast  (Kapp  KRL  4505 /KRS  5505) 


AWAY  WE  GO  GO  63 

Smokey  Robinson  & The  Miracles 
(Tamla  TLP/SLP  271) 


REVOLVER 

Beatles  (Capitol  T/ST  2576) 


WATCH  OUT 

Baja  Marimba  Band 
(A&M  LP  nS/SP  4118) 


28 

33 


RHAPSODIES  FOR  YOUNG 
LOVERS  50 

Midnight  String  Quartet  (Viva  V/VS  6001) 

JIM  NABORS  SINGS  LOVE  ME 
WITH  ALL  YOUR  HEART 

(Columbia  CL  2SS8/CS  9358) 


JACK  JONES  SINGS 

(Kapp  KL  1500/KS  3500) 


A TIME  FOR  LOVE 

Tony  Bennett 

(Columbia  CL  2569/CS  9369) 


36 

40 

39 


CABARET 

Original  Cast 

(Columbia  KOS  3040/KOL  6640) 


75 


55 

56 


GREATEST  HITS  OF  ALL  TIMES  60 

Gene  Pitney  (Musicor  AIM  2102/MS  3102) 


PSYCHEDELIC  LOLLIPOP 

Blues  Magoos 

(Mercury  MG  21096/SR  61096) 


61 


57 

58 

59 


STRANGERS  IN  THE  NIGHT 

Frank  Sinatra  (Reprita  F/FS  1017) 


65 


THIS  IS  LOVE 

Al  Martino  (Capitol  T/TS  2592) 

16  BIG  HITS,  VOL.  #5 

(Motown  M/S  651) 


44 


37 


FACE  TO  FACE 

Kinks  (Reprise  R/RS  6228) 


71 


61 


TERRY  KNIGHT  AND 
THE  PACK 

(Lucky  Eleven  LE/SLE  8000) 

CHANGES 

Johnny  Rivers 

(Imperial  LPM  9334/LPS  12334) 


62 

76 


MR.  MUSIC 

Mantovani  (London  LL  3474/PS  474) 


MAME 

Original  Cast 

(Columbia  KOL  6600/KOS  3000) 


41 

43 


SPIRIT  OF  '67 

Paul  Revere  & The  Raiders 
(Columbia  CL  2595/CS  9395) 


55 


JOHNNY  RIVERS  GOLDEN 
HITS 

(Imperial  LPM  9324/LPS  12324) 


35 


FIDDLER  ON  THE  ROOF 


45 


Original  Cast  (RCA  Victor  LOC/LSO  1093) 

49 


A MAN  AND  A WOMAN 

Soundtrack 

(United  Artists  UAL  4147 /U AS  5147) 


RAIN  FOREST  38 

Walter  Wanderly  (Verva  V/V-6  8658) 


BEST  OF  THE  LETTERMEN 

(Capitol  T/ST  2554) 


LOU  RAWLS  LIVE 

(Capitol  T/ST  2459) 


SO  NICE 

Johnny  Mathis 

(Mercury  MG  21091/SR  61091) 


30 

42 

46 


63 

64 


NOEL 

Joan  Baez 

(Vanguard  VRS  9230/VSD  79230) 


66 


THE  TIME  OF  MY  LIFE 

John  Davidson 

(Columbia  CL  2580/CS  9380) 


47 


65 

66 


TRINI  LOPEZ  GREATEST  HITS  57 

(Reprise  R/RS  6226) 


THE  NEW  FIRST  FAMILY 

Bob  Booker  & George  Foster 
(Verve  V/V6-15054) 


69 


67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

72 


EAST-WEST 

Paul  Butterfield  Blues  Band 
(Elektra  ELK  315/EKS  7315) 


68 


HAWAII 

Soundtrack 

(United  Artists  UAL  4143/UAS  5143) 


67 


BIG  HITS  (HIGH  TIDE 

AND  GREEN  GRASS)  65 

Rolling  Stones  (London  NP-1  /NPS-1) 


GAMES  THAT  LOVERS  PLAY  72 


Eddie  Fisher 
(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3726) 


IN  MY  LIFE 

Judy  Collins 

(Elektra  ELK  320/EKS  7320) 


79 


PROJECTIONS 

Blues  Project 

(Verve  Folkways  FT/FTS  3008) 


78 


GALLANT  MEN 

Senator  Everett  Dirksen 
(Capitol  S/ST  2634) 


88 


RENAISSANCE 

Association  (Valiant  VLM/VLS  S004) 


113 


75 


76 

77 


48 

81 


78 

79 


81 

82 

83 

84 


Pos.  Lest  Week 

AND  THEN  . . . ALONG 
COMES  THE  ASSOCIATION 

(Valiant  VLM/VLS  5002) 

TINY  BUBBLES 

Don  Ho  (Reprise  R/RS  6232) 

BILL  COSBY  IS  A VERY 
FUNNY  FELLOW,  RIGHT! 

(Warner  Bros.  W/WS  1518) 

aftermath 

Rolling  Stones  (London  LL  3476 /PS  476) 

COMING  ON  STRONG  85 

Brenda  Lee  (Decca  DL  4825/DLS  74825) 

SIDE  BY  SIDE  94 

Sandler  & Young  (Capitol  T/ST  2598) 

WHY  IS  THERE  AIR?  86 

Bill  Cosby  (Warner  Bros.  W/WS  1606) 


77 

54 


BORN  A WOMAN 

Sandy  Posey  (MGM-E  4418) 


TIME  AFTER  TIME 

Chris  Montez  (A&M  LP  120/SP  4120) 


BREAK  OUT 

Mitch  Ryder  & The  Detroit  Wheels 
(New  Voice  M/S  2002) 


83 

90 

87 


LOOKING  BACK 

Four  Seasons 

(Philips  PHM  200-222/PHS  600-222) 


95 


MUSIC  OF  HAWAII 

Henry  Mancini 

(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3713) 


103 


87 


SUNSHINE  SUPERMAN  72 

Donovan  (Epic  LN  24217/BN  26217) 


I DO!  I DO! 

Original  Broadway  Cast 
(RCA  Victor  LOC/LSO  1218) 


89 

90 

91 

92 

93 


WORDS  AND  MUSIC  ' 

Roger  Miller 

(Smash  MGS  27075/SRS  67075) 


73 


LONELY  BULL 

Herb  Alpert  & Tijuana  Brass 
(A&M  LP/SP  101) 


84 


ART  LINKLETTER  NARRATES 
THE  BIBLE  97 

(20th  Century  Fox  M/S  3187) 


ALFIE 

Billy  Vaughn 

(Dot  DLP  3751 /DLP  25751) 

WISH  ME  A RAINBOW 

Gunter  Kallmann 
(4  Corners  SCL/SCS  4235) 


111 


101 


94 

95 


COLLECTIONS 

Young  Rascals  (Atlantic  M/5  8134) 


BIBLE 

Soundtrack  (20th  Century  Fox  TFM 
3184/TFS  4184)  : 


93 


96 

97 


BROADWAY  BASIE'S  WAY 

(Command  RS/SD  905) 


89 


98 

99 

100 


BUDDY  RICH;  SWINGIN'  ' 
NEW  BIG  BAND 

(Pacific  Jazz  PJ  10113/ST  20113) 

SINATRA  AT  THE  SANDS 

(Reprise  2F/2FS  1019)  , 


102 

64 


THE  APPLE  TREE 

Original  Cast 

(Columbia  KOL  6620/KOS  3020) 


100 


MINE  EYES  HAVE  SEEN 

THE  GLORY  99 

Anita  Bryant  (Columbia  CL  2573/CS  9373) 


THE  SEEDS 

(Crescendo  GNP/GNPS  2023) 


HERE  WHERE  THERE  IS  LOVE 

Dionne  Warwick  (Scepter  SRM/STS  555) 

IF  I WERE  A CARPENTER 
Bobby  Darin  (Atlantic  M/S  8135) 

LATIN  PULSE 

Nancy  Ames  (Epic  LN  241 89/ BN  26189) 

SOUTH  OF  THE  BORDER 
Herb  Alpert  & Tijuana  Brass 
(A&M  LP/SP  108) 


BEST  OF  DEAN  MARTIN 
(CapHol  T/ST  2601) 


WARM  AND  TENDER  SOUL 
Percy  Sledge  (Atlantic  LP/SD  8132) 

JAY  AND  THE  AMERICANS 
GREATEST  HITS,  VOL.  2 
(United  Artists  UAL  3S5S/UAS  6555) 

WINCHESTER  CATHEDRAL 

The  Palm  Beach  Band  Boys 
(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3734) 


LARA'S  THEME 

Brass  Ring  (Dunhill  D/DS  50012) 


120 

121 

122 

123 

124 

125 

126 

127 

128 

129 

130 


SOMEBODY  LIKE  ME 

Eddy  Arnold 

(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3715) 

DUSTY  SPRINGFIELD'S  GOLDEN 
Philips  PHM  220-220/PHS  600-220) 

HI  HO  EVERYBODY 

Rudy  Vallee  (Viva  6005/36005) 

THE  EXCITING  WILSON  PtCKETT 
(Atlantic  8129/SD  8129) 

HOW  SWEET  IT  IS 

Jackie  Gleason  (Capitol  SW  2583) 


HITS 


131 

132 

133 

134 


FROM  NASHVILLE  WITH  LOVE 
Chet  Atkins  (RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3647) 

GO  AHEAD  AND  CRY 

Righteous  Bros.  (Verve  V/V-6  5004) 


DICTIONARY  OF  SOUL 
Otis  Redding  (Volt  M/S  415) 


MORE  I CANNOT  WISH  YOU 
Ed  Ames  (RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3636) 

PERRY  COMO  IN  ITALY 
(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3608) 

GLEN  YARBROUGH  LIVE  AT  THE 
HUNGRY  I 

(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3661) 


YOU  AIN'T  WOMAN  ENOUGH 
Loretta  Lynn  (Decca/DL  4783/DL  478) 

PSYCHOTIC  REACTION 

Count  Five  (Double  Shot  DSM-1001) 

A HEART  FILLED  WITH  SONG 
John  Gary  (RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3666) 

BEATLE  COUNTRY 

Charles  River  Valley  Boys 
(Elektra  EKL  4006 /EKS  74006) 


135 

136 

137 

138 

139 


KINK'S  GREATEST  HITS 
(Reprise  R/RC  6217) 


IS  PARIS  BURNING 

Soundtrack  (Columbia  OL  6630/OS  3030) 

PETER,  PAUL  & MARY  ALBUM 

(Warner  Bros.  W/WS  1648) 


140 


SWEET  PEA 

Tommy  Roe  (ABC  Paramount  M/S  575) 

ROUGH  'N'  TUMBLE 

Stanley  Turrentins 
(Bluenote  BLP  4240/BST  84240) 

CARLA 

Carla  Thomas  (Stax  709/SD  709) 


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ALBUM  INVENTORY  ; 

A check  list  of  best  selling  pop  albums  other  than  those  appearing  on  the  CASH  BOX  Top  100  Album  chart.  Feature  is  designed  to  call  wholesalers’  & retailers’  attention  i 
to  key  catalog,  top  steady  selling  LP’s,  as  well  as  recent  chart  hits  still  going  strong  in  sales.  Information  is  supplied  by  manufacturers.  This  is  a weekly,  revolving  i 
list  presented  in  alphabetical  order.  It  Is  advised  that  this  card  be  kept  untii  the  list  returns  to  this  alphabetical  section.  ' 


TOWER 


Dick  Curless 

A Tombstone  Every  Mile 

ST5005/T5005 

Dean  Martm 

The  Lush  Years 

ST5006/T5006 

Justin  Wilson 

1 Gawr-on-tee 

W5008 

Justin  Wilson 

Wilsonville  U.S.  And  A 

W5009 

Justin  Wilson 

The  “Wondermus"  Humor  of 

W5010 

Justin  Wilson 

“Me,  1 got  a Frien’  ” 

W5011 

Justin  Wilson 

Whoooo  Boy 

W5039 

Dick  Curless 

The  Soul  of  Dick  Curless 

T5013/ST5013 

Dick  Curless 

Travelin'  Man 

T5015/ST5015 

Dean  Martin 

Relaxin’ 

T5018/ST5018 

Dick  Curless  & 

A Devil  Like  Me  Needs 

T5025/ST5025 

Kay  Adams 

an  Angel  Like  You 

The  Standells 

Dirty  Water 

T5027/ST5027 

Mae  West 

Way  Out  West 

T5028/ST5028 

Maika  & Joso 

Jewish  Songs 

T5032/ST5032 

Kay  Adams 

Wheels  & Tears 

T5033/ST5033 

Dean  Martin 

Happy  In  Love 

T5036/ST5036 

The  Louvin  Brothers 

Two  Different  Worlds 

T5038/ST5038 

Various 

The  Canticle  of  the  Gift 

T5040/ST5040 

Ian  Whitcomb 

Ian  Whitcomb’s  Mod  Mod  Music  Hall 

T5042/ST5042 

Various 

The  Wild  Angels 

T5043/ST5043 

Standells 

Why  Pick  On  Me 

T5044/ST5044 

Various 

Country  Opera 

Legend  Of  Johnny  Brown 

T5045/ST5045 

Beatles 

Marching  With  The  Beatles 

T5046/ST5046 

Walter  Wanderly 

From  Rio  With  Love 

T5047/ST5047 

The  Crusaders 

Make  A Joyful  Noise  With 

Drums  and  Guitars 

T5048'ST5048 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Jay  And  The  Americans 

Jay  And  The  Americans  Greatest  Hits 

3453 

6453 

Del  Reeves 

Gettin’  Any  Feed  For  Your  Chickens 

3530 

6530 

Original  Soundtrack 

Hawaii 

4143 

5143 

Ferrante  And  Teicher 

You  Asked  For  It! 

3526 

6526 

Original  Soundtrack 

A Funny  Thing  Happened  On  The 

Way  To  The  Forum 

4144 

5144 

Jay  And  The  Americans 

Livin’  Above  Your  Head 

3534 

6534 

Original  Soundtrack 

Return  Of  The  Seven 

4146 

5146 

Original  Soundtrack 

Goldfinger 

4117 

5117 

The  Beatles 

A Hard  Day’s  Night 

3366 

6366 

Various  Artists 

Music  To  Read  James  Bond  By  Vol.  II 

3541 

6541 

Shirley  Bassey 

Shirley  Means  Bassey 

3545 

6545 

George  Jones 

George  Jones’  Golden  Hits 

3532 

6532 

Jimmy  Rosetli 

The  Italian  Album 

3544 

6544 

Al  Caiola 

Caiola  Romantico 

3527 

6527 

Ray  Baretto 

El  ‘Ray’  Criollo 

3543 

6543 

Original  Soundtrack 

Khartoum 

4140 

5140 

Pat  Cooper 

Our  Hero-Pat  Cooper 

3446 

— 

Jimmy  Roselli 

Right  From  The  Heart 

3529 

6529 

Jay  And  The  Americans 

Jay  And  The  Americans  Greatest  Hits 

Vol.  II 

3555 

6555 

Original  Soundtrack 

A Man  And  A Woman 

4147 

5147 

George  Martin 

George  Martin  Instrumentally  Salutes 

The  Beetle  Girls 

3539 

6539 

Pat  Cooper 

Spaghetti  Sauce  And  Other  Delights 

3548 

— 

Manfred  Mann 

Manfred  Mann’s  Greatest  Hits 

3551 

6551 

Bobby  Goldsboro 

Blue  Autumn 

3552 

6552 

Count  Basie 

Basie  Meets  Bond 

3480 

6480 

Al  Caiola 

All  Strung  Out! 

3553 

6553 

The  Oak  Ridge  Boys 

The  Oak  Ridge  Boys  At  Their  Best! 

3554 

6554 

Lena  Home 

Lena  InHollywood 

3470 

6470 

Original  Soundtrack 

After  The  Fox 

4148 

5148 

Patty  Duke 

Patty  Duke’s  Greatest  Hits 

3535 

6535 

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Joan  Baez 

Farewell,  Angelina 

VRS-9200 

VSD-79200 

Buffy  Sainte-Marie 

Little  Wheel,  Spin  and  Spin 

VRS-9211 

VSD-79211 

Joan  Baez 

Joan  Baez/Five 

VRS-9160 

VSD-79160 

Joan  Baez 

Joan  Baez  In  Concert,  Pt.  2 

VRS-9113 

VSD-2123 

Joan  Baez 

Joan  Baez  In  Concert 

VRS-9112 

VSD-2122 

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Joan  Baez 

Joan  Baez,  Vol.  2 

VRS-9094 

VSD-2097 

1 

Peter  Schickele 

An  Hysteric  Return  Of  P.D.Q.  Bach 

VRS-9223 

VSD-79223 

j 

Jimmy  Cotton  Blues 
Quartet  & The  Otis 
Rush  Blues  Band 

Chicago/The  Blues/Today,  Vol.  2 

VRS-9217 

VSD-79217 

II 

I 

B 

Johnny  Young’s  South 
Side  Blues  Band 

Chicago/The  Blues/Today,  Vol.  3 

VRS-9218 

VSD-79218 

Junior  Wells  Chicago 
Blues  Band  J.  B. 
Hutto  And  His  Hawks 

Chicago/The  Blues/Today,  Vol.  1 

VRS-9216 

VSD-79216 

II 

II 

II 

Patrick  Sky 

A Harvest  Of  Gentle  Clang 

VRS-9207 

VSD-79207 

Ian  And  Sylvia 

Play  One  More 

VRS-9215 

VSD-79215 

1 

Ian  And  Sylvia 

Early  Morning  Rain 

VRS-9175 

VSD-79175 

I 

Buffy  Sainte-Marie 

Many  A Mile 

VRS-9171 

VSD-79171 

II 

Ian  And  Sylvia 

Northern  Journey 

VRS-9154 

VSD-79154 

II 

Sandy  Bull 

Inventions 

VRS-9191 

VSD-79191 

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Buffy  Sainte-Marie 

It’s  My  Way 

VRS-9142 

VSD-79142 

Richard  & Mimi  Farina 

Reflections  In  A Crystal  Wind 

VRS-9204 

VSD-79204 

Doc  Watson 

Southbound 

VRS-9213 

VSD-79213  , 

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Jan  Peerce 

Neopolitan  Songs 

VRS-9210 

VSD-79210 

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Jimmy  Smith 

1 Got  My  Mojo  Workin’ 

V/V6/8641 

Wes  Montgomery 

Goin’  Out  of  My  Head 

V/V6/8642 

Astrud  Gilberto 

Look  to  the  Rainbow 

V/V6/8643 

Prysock/Basie 

Arthur  Prysock/Count  Basie 

V/V6/8646 

Ella  Fitzgerald 

Mack  The  Knife-Ella  In  Berlin-La 

Fitzgerald 

VA6/4041 

Stan  Getz/Charlie  Byrd 

Bashin’-Jimmy  Smith  Plays  "Walk  On  The 

Wild  Side’’ 

VA6/8432 

Stan  Getz/Joao  Gilberto 

Getz/Gilberto 

VA6/8545 

Antonio  Carlos  Jobim 

Composer  Of  Desafinado  Antonio  Carlos 

Jobim,  Plays 

VA6/8547 

Johnny  Hodges/Wild  Bill 

Davis 

Mess  Of  Blues 

V/V6/8570 

Cal  Tjader 

Breeze  From  The  East 

VA6/8575 

Jimmy  Smith 

Who's  Afraid  Of  Virginia  Woolf 

VA6/8583 

Jimmy  Smith 

The  Cat 

V/V6/8587 

Johnny  Hodges/Wild  Bill 

Davis 

Blue  Rabbit 

VA6/8599 

Stan  Getz  With  Astrud 

Gilberto 

Getz  Au  Go  Go 

V/V6/8600 

Gary  MacFarland 

Soft  Samba 

VA6/8603 

The  Oscar  Peterson  Trio  We  Get  Requests 

VA6/8606 

Astrud  Gilberto 

The  Astrud  Gilberto  Album 

VA6/9608 

Wes  Montgomery 

Movin’  Wes 

VA6/8610 

Kenny  Burrell/Gil  Evans  Guitar  Forms 

VA6/8612 

Cal  Tjader 

Soul  Sauce 

VA6/8614 

Jnnmy  Smith 

The  Monster 

V/V6/8618 

Wes  Montgomery 

Bumpin’ 

VA6/8625 

Astrud  Gilberto 

The  Shadow  Of  Your  Smile 

VA6/8629 

Johnny  Hodges/Wild  Bill 

Davis 

Wings  & Things 

VA6/8630 

Willie  Bobo 

Spanish  Grease 

VA6/8631 

Kai  Winding 

More! 

VA6/8551 

Wes  Montgomery 

Tequila 

VA6/8653 

Lalo  Schifrin 

Marquis  De  Sade 

VA6/8654 

Walter  Wanderly 

Rain  Forest 

VA6/8658 

Count  Basie 

Basie’s  Beatle  Bag 

VA6/8659 

Jimmy  Smith 

Hoochie  Cooche  Man 

V/V6/8667 

Righteous  Bros 

Soul  & Inspiration 

VA6/5001 

Righteous  Bros 

Go  Ahead  & Cry 

VA6/5004 

Mothers  Of  invention 

Freak  Out 

VA6/5005-2 

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Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


MERCURY’S  TOYS — The  latest  acquisition  to  Mercury’s  artist  roster  is  the 
Toys,  primarily  known  for  their  while-back  “Lover’s  Concerto’’  and  “Attack” 
decks.  The  female  trio  was  brought  to  Mercury  by  producer-arranger  Alan 
Lorber,  who  will  supervise  their  sessions.  Lorber  and  the  Toy’s  manager  Vince 
Marc  negotiated  the  pact  with  Charlie  Each,  Mercury’s  vice  president  and 
director  of  recorded  product.  Pictured  above  (left  to  right)  are:  Barbara 
Parrott,  Bai’bara  Hai'ris,  ami  June  Monteiro  (who  comprise  the  Toys), 
Charlie  Fach,  Felix  ZifFer  (the  Toys’  attorney),  Alan  Lorber,  and  Vince  Marc. 


Western  Union  Singing 
Telegrams  Now  On  Disks 

NEW  YORK — A new  singing  dis- 
covery, John  Gorman,  has  been  intro- 
duced into  the  world  of  records  and, 
with  ten  disks  already  cut,  his  pro- 
jected sales  have  been  placed  at 
nearly  a million  a year  by  the  label. 
However,  it’s  highly  improbable  that 
Gorman  will  ever  receive  a gold  rec- 
ord as  a result  of  any  of  the  ten  sides 
cut.  The  reason  for  this  is  that  the 
label,  known  as  MelodyGram,  is  a 
wing  of  Western  Union  and  each  of 
the  Gorman  tracks  is  a different  sing- 
ing telegram.  A unique  social  greet- 
ing, MelodyGram  combines  a persona- 
lized telegraphic  message,  a deluxe 
greeting  card  and  a Gorman  record- 
ing for  play  at  SSVs  rpm.  In  addition 
to  an  original  tune  commissioned  by 
Western  Union,  and  titled  “I  Want  To 
Communicate  With  You,”  the  record- 
ings include  “Happy  Birthday,” 
“Everything’s  Coming  Up  Roses,” 
“Little  Boy  Congratulations,”  “Little 
Girl  Congratulations,”  “Hello  Dolly,” 
“Love  And  Marriage,”  “Anniversary 
Waltz,”  “Do  I Love  You”  and  “I  Wish 
You  Love.” 

MelodyGrams  for  immediate  de- 
livery coast-to-coast  cost  $3,  while 
those  for  next-day  wire-mail  delivery, 
anywhere  in  the  country,  are  $2.2.5. 

Starnell  Associates 
Signs  Tony  Sara 

NEW  YORK — Starnell  Associates, 
New  York  based  artists  representa- 
tives, is  now  embarked  on  what  it 
terms  an  “Open  Door  Policy”  in  the 
signing  of  new  talent  for  records,  TV 
and  nightclubs.  That  policy,  reports 
the  company,  has  already  reaped  re- 
wards in  the  case  of  Tony  Sara,  a 
singer-songwriter  newcomer  whose 
first  effort  on  the  Starnell  owned 
Marney  Records  is  “Love  Sick  Beg- 
gar.” Sara  is  a recently  returned 
decorated  combat  veteran  from  Viet 
Nam.  Starnell  chief  Sidney  Lucas, 
says  they  also  purchase  independent 
masters  for  their  Marney  label. 


MEET  ME  IN —A  musical 

souvenir  LP  of  St.  Louis  has  just 
been  released  by  Norman  Records. 
The  new  album  is  entitled,  “Meet  Me 
In  St.  Louis”  and  is  dramatized  in 
three  parts:  the  Riverfront,  Down- 
town, and  Forest  Park.  The  set  was 
produced  by  Norman  Wienstroer  and 
the  location  recording  was  done  by  A1 
Bussen  of  Technisonic  Studios,  St. 
Louis.  The  accom  photo  above  shows 
Norman  Wienstroer  (left),  president 
of  Norman  Records,  presenting  the 
first  copy  of  the  LP  to  A.  J.  Cervan- 
tes, mayor  of  St.  Louis.  Robert 
Hausfater  (right)  is  prexy  of  Roberts 
Distributing,  the  firm  that  will  handle 
distribution  of  the  deck  in  the  St. 
Louis  area. 


Morris  I.  Auerbach  Dies 

NEW  YORK— Morris  1.  Auerbach 
died  last  week  in  New  York  of  a 
heart  attack.  He  was  60  years  old. 
He  was  in  the  music  business  for  40 
years,  and  he  owned  Municipal  Radio 
in  Brooklyn.  He  began  his  career  in 
radio  research.  His  wife,  Pauline,  will 
carry  on  the  business. 

Auerbach  is  survived  by  a son, 
Richard,  an  electrical  engineer,  and  a 
daughter,  Merle,  a school  teacher. 

Capitol  Booking 
Books  B.  J.  Thomas 

NEW  YORK— A B.  J.  Thomas  ad  on 
page  35  of  last  week’s  Year-End  issue 
contained  an  incorrect  booking  agent 
for  the  performer.  It  should  be  Capi- 
tol Booking  Corp.,  527  Madison  Ave., 
New  York.  Telephone  is  (212)  421- 
9.590. 


How's  Hawaii? 

Elmer  Bernstein,  com- 
poser and  conductor  of 
many  motion  picture 
soundtracks  scores,  stop- 
ped by  the  New  York 
offices  of  United  Artists 
last  week  to  check  the 
progress  of  his  recently 
released  LP,  “Hawaii.” 
Bernstein  did  the  score 
for  the  UA  flick,  which 
'tars  Julie  Andrews  and 
Max  Von  Sydow.  Lloyd 
Leipzig  (left)  UA’s  di- 
rector of  creative  ser- 
vices, and  his  assistant, 
Bill  Persch  (right)  flank 
the  composer. 


Fowley  Returns  To  Coast 

HOLLYWOOD — Kim  Fowley,  London 
based  publisher-producer-writer-art- 
ist,  returned  recently  to  the  west 
c^'a'^t  in  the  U.S.  to  re-open  offices  at 
6000  Sunset  Boulevard. 

Fowley’s  copyrights  have  been  re- 
corded by  such  British  acts  as  Man- 
fi-ed  Mann,  the  Seekers,  Cat  Stevens, 
Paul  Jones,  the  Cream,  and  the  Bel- 
fast Gipsies.  Fowley,  who  played 
hypeaphone  on  the  MGM-Verve 
Mothers  of  Invention  “Freak  Out”  LP, 
is  an  exclusive  recording  artist  on 
Parlophone  Records  of  England  and 
Warner  Bros.  Records’  Loma  division 
for  U.S. A. -Canadian  releases. 

Living  Legend  Music,  a Kim  Fow- 
ley-Ardmore  and  Beechwood  Ltd. 
owned  firm  in  London  has  overseas 
rights  to  ‘The  Witch,”  by  the  Sonics 
on  Jerden  Records. 

Fowley,  in  conjunction  with  Hank 
Levine  and  Larry  Goldberg’s  #1 
Productions,  has  in  current  release 
material  by  the  Fire  Escape,  GPN- 
Crescendo  Records,  the  In-Be-Tween, 
Highland  Records,  and  Laughing 
Wind,  Tower  Records. 


UA  Inks  The  Omen 

NEW  YORK— The  Omen,  a New 
York  rock  quartet,  have  signed  an 
exclusive  disk  contract  with  United 
Artists  Records. 

Known  to  discotheque  and  teen 
club  devotees  throughout  the  New 
York  metropolitan  area,  the  Omen 
are  in  their  early  twenties,  and  write 
and  arrange  most  of  their  own  ma- 
terial. 

Under  the  co-direction  of  producers 
Jack  Gold  and  Bill  Hughes,  the  initial 
UA  single  from  the  vocal-instru- 
mental combo  titled,  “Once  Upon  A 
Taste,”  is  scheduled  for  release 
shortly  by  the  label. 

UA  is  presently  readying  a sizeable 
publicity  and  promotional  campaign 
for  their  new  artists  to  coincide  with 
the  first  release. 

In  addition,  a 90-minute  farce 
melodrama  film  takes  place  in  the 
1940’s  and  features  the  quartet  is 
currently  in  production  and  is  slated 
to  be  ready  for  release  by  Feb.  1. 


Jarre  Recording 
'Grand  Prix'  Score 

HOLLYWOOD  — Academy  Award 
winning  composer  Maurice  Jarre  has 
scheduled  the  first  series  of  recording 
sessions  for  the  MGM-Cinerama  pre- 
sentation of  John  Frankenheimer’s 
film  “Grand  Prix.”  The  music  will  be 
released  on  the  MGM  label. 

Jarre  will  conduct  his  original 
score  with  a full  symphony  orchestra 
at  the  MGM  Culver  City  Studios.  The 
composer  won  his  Oscars  for  “Law- 
rence of  Arabia”  and  “Doctor  Zhiva- 
go,” and  recently  composed  the  score 
for  “It  Paris  Burning?” 

“Grand  Prix,”  a Douglas  and  Lewis 
production,  had  its  world  premiere 
last  week  at  the  Warner  Cinerama 
Theatre  in  New  York.  Starring  James 
Garner,  Eva  Marie  Saint,  Yves  Mon- 
tand, Toshiro  Mifune,  Brian  Bedford, 
Jessica  Walter,  Antonio  Sabato  and 
Francoise  Hardy,  the  film  also  opened 
at  Pacific’s  Cinerama  Dome  Theatre 
in  Los  Angeles  and  the  Cinerama 
Theatre  in  Boston. 


Hickory  Inks  Two  Acts 

NASHVILLE — Hickory  Records  added  } 
two  West  Coasters  to  its  expanding 
artist  roster  last  week  with  the  sign- 
ing of  singer-songwriter  Dorsey  Bur- 
nette and  of  Gary  Crosby,  according 
to  an  announcement  from  label  exec  ^ 
W.  D.  Kilpatrick. 

Burnette  and  Crosby  join  a group  ? 
which  includes  the  Newbeats,  Frank 
Ifield,  Sue  Thompson,  The  Overlan- 
ders,  and  the  recently-signed  Swingin’ 
Gentry  Singers  under  the  direction  of  ^ 
composer-arranger-conductor  John 
Cacavas. 

Dorsey  Burnette,  who  is  the  com-  ’’ 
poser  of  the  hit  song  “Tall  Oak  Tree,” 
joins  Hickory  under  a special  produc-  ' 
tion  arrangement  whereby  he  will 
produce  Gary  Crosby’s  disks  for  the  \ 
label.  Burnette  has  already  sliced  a 
pair  of  sides  himself,  and  has  pro- 
duced six  sides  with  Crosby.  First 
singles  for  both  are  due  for  release 
shortly  after  the  first  of  the  year.  1 

Coincidentally  with  his  joining 
Hickory,  Crosby  has  also  been  signed 
for  a series  of  top  TV  guest  appear- 
ances. , 


Music  City  Recorders 
Erects  New  Building 

NASHVILLE — The  latest  music  build- 
ing to  go  up  in  Nashville’s  “music 
row”  area  is  that  of  Music  City 
Recorders,  located  at  821 — 19th  Ave- 
nue South. 

Already  underway  and  scheduled 
for  completion  within  about  45  days, 
the  building  is  actually  an  addition 
to  the  recording  studio’s  present 
building.  The  addition,  approximately 
50  by  75  feet,  will  include  a modern 
brick,  glass,  and  redwood  “front”  to 
the  present  building. 

The  added  space  will,  according  to 
the  company’s  president.  Bill  Connor, 
allow  Music  City  Recorders  to  offer 
“complete  recording  facilities  com- 
petitive with  any  in  the  South — or  the 
entire  nation,  for  that  matter.” 

Music  City  Recorders  was  founded 
by  Connor  in  1964,  along  with  W. 
Scott  Moore,  the  firm’s  vice  president. 
Both  had  a number  of  years  experi- 
ence with  other  recording  studios 
prior  to  this. 

The  building  addition  will  house 
the  studio’s  expanded  4-track  record- 
ing facilities,  now  being  installed, 
with  provisions  in  the  studio’s  new 
custom-built  console  for  immediate 
switching  to  eight-track  stereo  when 
needed. 


Jay-Gee  Inks  Bobby  Lee 

NEW  YORK — Jay-Gee  Record  Co. 
has  signed  Bobby  Lee  to  an  exclusive  i 
recording  contract.  The  artist  was  a 
member  of  a group  called  the  Fiestas 
and  wrote  “So  Fine,”  recorded  by 
that  group.  The  effort  became  a major  ^ 
hit.  He  later  decided  to  go  it  alone 
and  recorded  two  outings,  “I  Was 
Born  A Loser,”  and  “I  Missed  It  By  , 
That  Much.”  According  to  Mickey 
Eichner,  vice  president  of  Jay-Gee,  all  i 
Bobby  Lee’s  dates  for  the  label  will 
be  produced  by  Ramot  Productions.  . 


Flying  Again 

The  Spirit  of  St.  Louis 
flies  again  as  (left  to 
right)  Arnold  Maxin, 
head  of  Big  3 Music 
(Robbins  - Feist  - Miller) 
and  Jay  Lowy,  the  pub- 
bery’s  professional  man- 
ager, get  together  with 
tunesmiths  Abel  Baer 
and  L.  Wolfe  Gilbert  to 
discuss  the  pop  revival 
of  “Lucky  Lindy.”  The 
Gilbert/Baer  ditty  was 
first  launched  in  ’27  to 
celebrate  the  Lindbergh 
trans  Atlantic  hop  and  is 
currently  logging  time 
on  Warner  Bros,  by 
Stutz  Bearcat. 


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OPEN  UP  YOUR  HEART— Buck  Owens  & Bucka- 
roos — Capitol  T/ST  2640 

Here’s  another  Buck  Owens  package  that’s 
bound  to  follow  in  the  wake  of  all  its  big  money- 
making  predecessors.  Highlighting  the  set  with 
his  current  smash,  “Open  Up  Your  Heart,”  Buck 
and  the  Buckaroos  uncork  a whole  passel  of  po- 
tent tracks,  including  the  likes  of  his  recent  j 
giants,  “Waitin’  In  Your  Welfare  Line”  and  i 
“Think  Of  Me.”  Stock  up  and  stand  me. 


MY  HEART’S  IN  THE  COUNTRY— Skeeter 
Davis— RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3667 

Opry  favorite  Skeeter  Davis  made  lots  of 
noise  on  the  singles  charts  with  her  current 
outing  called  “Coin’  Down  The  Road,”  and  she  j 
uses  that  same  tune  to  highlight  this  package  ! 
of  country  goodies.  In  addition  to  that  chart  ! 
item,  Skeeter  offers  her  own  personable  versions 
of  other  recent  best  sellers,  including  “You  Ain’t 
Woman  Enough,”  “Guess  My  Eyes  Were  Bigger 
Than  My  Heart”  and  “Ain’t  Had  No  Lovin’.”  A | 
sure  seller. 


NASHVILLE  REBEL — Waylon  Jennings — RCA 
Victor— LPM  3736/LSP  3736  (e) 

In  the  past  year  Waylon  Jennings  has  con- 
quered country  audiences  with  hit  singles  and 
albums  and  has  recently  displayed  another  of 
his  talents,  that  of  the  motion  picture  actor.  His 
newly-released  film,  “Nashville  Rebel,”  features 
an  excellent  C&W  soundtrack,  which  is  featured 
in  this  Victor  LP.  Among  the  tracks  are  “Silver 
Ribbons”  and  “Nashvdle  Bums,”  as  well  as  the 
bonus  “Norwegian  Wood.” 


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WELCOME  TO  MUSIC  CITY  U.S.A.— Various 
Artists — Columbia  CL  2590/CS  9390 

Columbia  has  come  up  with  a great  package 
here  for  Opry  fans.  Fourteen  name  artists  are 
represented  on  the  set,  including  such  favorites 
as  Flatt  & Scruggs  (“Wabash  Cannonball”), 
Claude  King  (“Wolverton  Mountain”)  and  host 
Carl  Smith  (“Let’s  Live  A Little”)  in  a ‘live’ 
Nashville  session.  Should  be  good  for  excellent 
sales  action. 


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OUR  KIND  OF  COUNTRY— Browns— RCA  Vic- 
tor LPM/LSP  3668 

The  silky  smooth  harmony  of  Bonnie,  Maxine 
and  Jim  Edward  Brown  makes  for  another  pack- 
age of  fine  listening  in  this  their  latest  RCA 
Victor  LP.  A highly  appetizing  bill  of  fare  is 
served  up  by  the  trio,  highlighted  by  the  group’s 
recent  charter,  “I’d  Just  Be  Fool  Enough,”  and 
laced  with  a platterful  of  other  goodies  sure  to 
please  many  a country  fan.  Great  tracks  in  “Four 
Strong  Winds”  and  “Where  Does  A Little  Tear 
Come  From.” 


THE  COCKFIGHT  AND  OTHER  TALL  TALES 
— Archie  Campbell — RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3699 
Country  humor  in  the  hands  of  inveterate 
funnyman  Archie  Campbell  is  the  basis  for  this 
highly  entertaining  performance.  Laughs  fly 
thick  and  fast  as  the  Opry  comic  speaks  on  mar- 
riage (“The  New  Marriage  Ceremony”),  modern 
day  Romeo  and  Juliet  (“The  Martins  And  The 
Coys”)  and  includes  his  recent  noisemaker  “Golf, 
Golf,  Golf.”  Should  be  nice  sales  in  store  for  the 
session. 


A TRIBUTE  TO  JIM  REEVES— Arthur  Smith 
Show— Dot  DLP  3769/DLP  25769 
The  entire  cast  of  the  Arthur  Smith  TV  show 
has  teamed  up  in  this  set  to  present  a wonderful 
tribute  to  the  late  Jim  Reeves.  Highlighted  by  a 
half  dozen  past  Reeves  hits  (“He’ll  Have  To  Go,” 
“Four  Walls,”  “Is  It  Really  Over”)  the  set  also 
features  a healthy  portion  of  Arthur  Smith  origi- 
nals, like  “Guitar  Bounce”  and  “Robin  Red- 
Breast  Legend.”  The  wide  appeal  of  the  TV  show 
gives  the  set  a powerful  springboard. 


CoA  Box 


COUNTRY 
ROUND  UP 


Here’s  hoping  that  everyone  in 
Countryland  has  had  the  happiest  of 
Christmas  holidays,  especially  those 
who  were  on  the  road  and  unable  to 
be  home  with  loved  ones.  But, 
whether  you  were  on  tour  or  home 
with  the  family  and  friends,  we  sin- 
cerely hope  that  your  Christmas  was 
as  enjoyable  as  it  could  possibly  have 
been.  In  addition,  we  here  at  Cash 
Box  would  like  to  wish  each  and  every 
one  of  you  a very  Happy  New  Year, 
and  a very  successful  one,  too.  May 
1967  bring  only  Bull’s-Eyes  and  chart 
records,  and  may  the  road  be  lined 
with  packed  houses  and  cheering 
crowds  everywhere  you  go.  May  every 
record  get  a Golden  Guitar  and  may 
every  schedule  be  booked  solid.  May 
that  once-in-a-lifetime  song  come 
your  way  and  may  each  week  bring 
another  bullet.  Most  of  all,  may  you 
be  happy,  and  enjoy  yourself  in  every- 
thing you  do. 

While  world  leaders  arrange  sum- 
mit conferences  to  try  to  bring  about 
a lasting  peace,  a batch  of  country 
musicmakers  have  been  arranging 
there  own  “summit”  in  the  Main  Ball 
Room  at  Harrah’s  in  Reno,  Nev.  from 
Feb.  13-Mar.  1.  Goodwill  ambassadors 
from  the  length  and  breadth  of  Coun- 
trymusicland  will  be  on  hand  to  make 
things  vibrate,  including  Roy  Acuff, 
George  Hamilton  IV,  Bob  Luman, 
Marion  Worth,  the  Stoney  Mountain 
doggers,  Lonzo  & Oscar  and,  as  a 
special  envoy  from  Grinder’s  Switch, 
Cousin  Minnie  Pearl.  To  quote  Tandy 
Rice,  “It  a safe  bet  that  any  heads 
of  state  who  happen  to  be  in  the 
audience  can  learn  something  about 
diplomacy  and  frienliness.” 

Congrats  to  Roger  Sovine  who  has 
recently  been  named  professional 
manager  of  Cedarwood.  Associated 
with  the  firm  since  1965,  Roger  suc- 
ceeds Jan  Crutchfield  to  the  post. 

What  may  appear  to  be  part  of  a 
geography  test  is  actually  part  of  the 
promotion  for  the  first  release  by  one 
of  RCA  Victor’s  brightest  new 
signees.  The  artist  is  Ed  Bruce,  who 
has  recently  reactivated  his  entertain- 
ment career,  and  the  song  is  “Walk- 
er’s Woods”,  written  by  Kay  Arnold 
and  published  by  Combine  Music.  A 
contest  to  determine  “Where  Is  Walk- 
er’s Woods?”  is  being  conducted  by 
the  pubbery  and,  to  encourage  in- 
dividual imagination  and  opinion,  50 
first  prizes  will  be  awarded.  “Walker’s 
Woods  Kits”,  will  include  a cotton- 
mouth  moccasin,  an  alligator,  and  a 
supply  of  quick  sand  (would  you  be- 
lieve reasonable,  synthetic  facsimilies 
thereof  ? ) . 


Stu  Philips,  an  international  coun- 
try favorite,  has  just  completed  a 
cycle  in  his  career.  Beginning  on 
Canadian  radio  and  TV  while  still  in 
high  school,  his  fame  has  spread  to 
many  countries  and  he  has  become  a 
chart  artist  in  the  States  for  Victor. 
The  cycle  was  recently  completed  by 
his  return  to  Canada  for  a TV  show 
as  he  taped  the  Bill  Anderson  Show 
on  Dec.  12  and  13  in  Windsor,  Ont. 
Thus  far,  1966  has  been  the  biggest 
in  Stu’s  career,  but  it’s  still  not  over 
yet.  After  the  Canadian  gig,  the  song- 
ster will  bounce  down  to  Chicago 
where  he  will  appear  on  Dolph  He- 
witt’s “WGN  Barn  Dance,”  and  then 
he  will  close  out  the  year  with  a New 
Year’s  Eve  stand  in  Cincinnati  on  the 
syndicated  “Midwestern  Hayride” 
over  WLW-TV. 


Swainsboro,  Ga.  is  the  operational 
base  of  the  Denny-Pierce  radio  sta- 
tion chain  and  is  therefore  the  loca- 
tion of  the  annual  Christmas  party 
for  the  chain,  directed  by  manager 
Johnny  Bailes.  Guests  from  Nashville 
who  left  today  for  this  year’s  affair 


include  Bill  Denny,  John  Denny,  Dolly 
Denny,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webb  Pierce, 
and  Max  Powell. 

Sonny  James  left  Music  City  on 
Nov.  23  and  since  that  time,  along 
with  the  Southern  Gentlemen,  he  has 
toured  from  Pittsburg  to  Los  Angeles 
and  San  Jose.  Finally,  on  Dec.  20,  he 
made  it  back  to  Nashville,  but,  in- 
stead of  relaxing,  01’  Son  went  right 
to  the  studios  to  cut  a new  Capitol 
session  on  Dec.  21.  His  schedule  also 
called  for  promotional  appearances  at 
two  large  Nashville  department 
stores  before  eventually  heading 
wearily  to  Hackelburg,  Ala.  Incident- 
ally, Sonny  intends  to  be  back  at  work 
in  Music  City  on  Dec.  27  to  map  out 
plans  for  1967  with  manager  Bob 
Neal. 

We  hear  that  “Big  Sam”  Wallace 
took  one  listen  to  Lorene  Mann’s 
“Don’t  Put  Your  Hands  On  Me”  and 
called  her  long  distance  to  tell  her 
she  had  a hit.  Wallace,  head  of  Victor 
in  Atlanta,  was  reportedly  so  excited 
that  he  immediately  ran  with  it  from 
radio  stations  to  distributors,  telling 
everyone  to  be  on  the  lookout.  A well- 
known  figure  in  the  music  biz,  “Big 
Sam”  is  supposedly  an  excellent 
barometer  of  things  to  come,  record- 
wise. 

Jolly  Joyce  writes  to  tell  us  that 
Ray  Pillow  is  in  the  midst  of  a busy 
j December  tour  of  U.S.  Army  bases  in 
Germany.  In  addition  to  Ray’s  book- 
ings, the  Jolly  Joyce  Agency  will  also 
be  handling  Deutschland  appearances 
for  Kitty  Wells,  Johnny  Wright,  Ruby 
Wright,  Bill  Philips  and  the  Tennes- 
see Mountain  Boys  all  in  one  package 
show  for  the  month  of  January.  For 
the  following  month,  the  firm  will  be 
booking  Leroy  Van  Dyke  and  his 
band,  while  in  April  Joyce  will  handle 
Bill  Anderson  & the  Po’  Boys  and  in 
j May,  Faron  Young  & his  Deputies. 

With  several  hit  records,  countless 
stage  appearances  and  three  movies 
under  his  belt,  UA  chanter  Del  Reeves 
has  finally  drawn  the  line  on  the 
lengths  that  one  man  can  be  forced 
to  go  for  the  sake  of  art.  Recently 
seen  in  the  movie,  “Gold  Guitar,” 
where  he  sang  from  the  ledge  of  a 
tall  building  (with  gale  force  winds 
whipping  around  him  and  no  safety 
net  below).  Reeves  is  now  filming 
“Cottonpickin’  Chickenpickers”  in 
Florida,  where,  in  one  scene,  he  is 
supposed  to  wrestle  with  a more  or 
less  “tame”  alligator.  Paraphrasing 
the  title  of  his  current  UA  hit,  Reeves 
commented  “This  Must  Be  The  Bot- 
tom,” and  politely  declined  any  con- 
tact with  the  scaly  monster.  Producer 
Jackson  is  now  trying  to  locate  a rub- 
ber standin  for  the  gator.  Aside  from 
the  trials  and  tribulations  of  a Grand 
Ole  Opry  regular  turned  film  star. 
Reeves  is  set  for  a healthy  slate  of 
personnal  appearances  throughout  the 
coming  year,  beginning  with  a stop- 
over at  Davenport,  Iowa  on  New 
Year’s  Day  and  a week’s  stint  at  the 
Edison  Hotel  in  Toronto,  Canada  from 
Jan.  9 thru  14. 


AN  ALBUM 
MASTERPIECE 

KITTY 

X S ^ 

sings 

“A  WOMAN  NEVER  FORGETS” 

DECCA  #32024 


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TOP  COUNTRY 
ALBUMS 


1 YOU  AIN'T  WOMAN  ENOUGH  2 i 

Loretta  Lynn  (Oteea  DL  47$3/7  47i3) 

2 THE  BEST  OF  SONNY  JAMES  4 

(Capitol  T/ST  2615)  i 

3 SWINGIN'  DOORS  1 s 

Marie  Haggard  (Capitol  T/ST  2535) 

4 ALMOST  PERSUADED  3 j 

Dayid  Houston 

(Sple  LN  2421 3 /BN  26213) 

s ANOTHER  BRIDGE  TO  BURN  5 

Kay  Price  (Columbia  CL  2528/CS  9328) 


6 THE  LAST  WORD  IN 

LONESOME  6 

Eddy  Arnold  (RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3622) 

7 LEAVIN' TOWN  12 

Waylon  Jennings 

(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3620) 

8 NAT  STUCKEY  SINGS  14 

(Paula  LP  2192) 

9 BORN  TO  SING  17 

Connie  Smith  (RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3628) 

10  your  sincerely  9 

Jim  Reeves 

(RCA  Victor  LPM  3709/LSP  3709  E.) 

11  SOMEBODY  LIKE  ME  17 

Eddy  Arnold  (RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  371S) 


12  WE  FOUND  HEAVEN  RIGHT 

HERE  ON  EARTH  AT  4033  16 

George  Jones  (Musicor  MM  2106/MS  3106) 

13  DISTANT  DRUMS  10 

Jim  Reeves 

(RCA  Victor  LPM  3S42/LSP  3S42) 

14  CARNEGIE  HALL  CONCERT  8 

Suck  Owens  & Buckaroes 
(Capitol  T/ST  2556) 

15  THE  DRIFTER  11 

Marty  Robbins 

(Columbia  CL  2527 /CS  9327) 


16  HAPPINESS  IS  YOU  19 

Johnny  Cash  (Columbia  CL  2537/CS  9337)  i 

17  WHERE  IS  THE  CIRCUS  20 

Hank  Thompson 
(Warner  Bros.  W/WS  1664) 

18  A MILLION  AND  ONE  18 

Billy  Walker 

(Monument  MLP  8047/LSP  3507) 

19  I LOVE  DROPS  15  I 

BUI  Anderson  (Dacca  DL  4771/7  4771)  \ 

20  the  SEELY  STYLE  22 

Jeannie  Seely 

(Monument  MLP  80S7/SLP  180S7) 

21  ALL'S  FAIR  IN  LOVE 

AND  WAR  26  j 

Stonewall  Jackson 
(Columbia  CL  2509/CS  9309) 

22  THERE  GOES  MY 

EVERYTHING  27  | 

Jack  Greene  (Decca  DL  4845/7  4845) 

23  I'LL  TAKE  THE  DOG  24  ! 

Jean  Shepard  & Ray  Pillow  j 

(Capitol  ST/T  2537; 

24  FREE  AND  EASY  25 

Dave  Dudley 

(Mercury  MG  21098/SR  61098) 

25  GEORGE  JONES  GOLDEN  HITS  1 3 

(United  Artists  PAL  3532 /U AS  6532) 

26  big  ben  strikes  again  30  ! 

Ben  Colder  (MGM  E/SE  4421) 

27  COUNTRY  CHARLIE  PRIDE  29  I 

(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3645)  j 

28  the  kitty  wells  show  23  : 

Various  Artists  (Decca  DL  4831 /7  4831) 

29  IF  THE  WHOLE  WORLD  i 

STOPPED  LOVIN'  — 

Roy  Drusky 

(Mercury  MG  21097  SR  61097)  , 

30  NORMA  JEAN  SINGS  A 

TRIBUTE  TO  KITTY  WELLS  — 

(RCA  Victor  LPM/LSP  3664) 

IIIIIIIIIIH^ 


COUNTRY 


Gash  Box  REVIEWS 


B+  very  good 
B good 


C+  fair 
C mediocre 


THE  CASH  BOX 


buLlseye 


WHERE  DOES  THE  GOOD  TIMES  GO  (2:18)  [Blue  Book,  BMI— Owens] 
THE  WAY  THAT  I LOVE  YOU  (2:36)  [Blue  Book,  BMI— Owens] 
BUCK  OWENS  (Capitol  5811) 

The  Buck  Owens  bandwagon  should  be  building  up  another  head  of 
steam  and  blazing  a path  sti-aight  to  the  top  for  the  umpteenth  time. 
Make  way  for  “Where  Does  The  Good  Times  Go,”  ’cause  this  easy- 
paced thumper’s  gonna  zoom.  “The  Way  That  I Love  You”  is  a pretty 
charmer. 


ALL  OF  ME  BELONGS  TO  YOU  (2:16)  [Blue  Book,  BMI— Haggard] 
MY  SIDE  OF  THE  NIGHT  (2:15)  [Blue  Book,  BMI— Curless] 
DICK  CURLESS  (Tower  306) 

Absent  from  the  charts  since  his  tale  of  “The  Baron,”  Dick  Curless 
should  be  back  in  the  scoring  column  in  no  time  as  a result  of  this 
number  called  “All  Of  Me  Belongs  To  You.”  Curless  serves  up  a low- 
down,  throbbing  heartbreaker  that’s  sure  to  do  well.  “My  Side  Of  The 
Night”  is  a shuffling  tale  of  further  woe. 


THE  GEAR  JAMMER  AND  THE  HOBO  (3:26)  [Starday,  BMI— Bond] 
SWEET  NELLIE  (1:55)  [Starday,  BMI— Hayes,  Singer] 
JOHNNY  BOND  & RED  SOVINE  (Starday  790) 

Programmers  should  get  a lot  of  reaction  to  this  rib-tickling  team-up 
effort  by  Johnny  Bond  and  Red  Sovine,  along  with  the  Giddyup  Go 
Boys.  ‘The  Gear  Jammer  And  The  Hobo”  is  a Vaudeville-type  comedy 
routine  which  the  boys  have  yanked  from  a recently  released  LP.  The 
Giddyup  Go  Boys  offer  an  engaging  instrumental  on  the  flip. 


ROCKS  IN  MY  HEAD  (2:29)  [Blue  Book,  BMI— Owens] 
TRAPPED  (2:40)  [Central  Songs,  BMI — Rhodes,  Simpson] 

KAY  ADAMS  (Tower  305) 

Here’s  Kay  Adams  back  with  what  looks  like  another  chart  climber 
for  her.  Tabbed  “Rocks  In  My  Head,”  this  effort  looks  real  good  for 
lots  of  air  action.  Kay  lets  loose  with  a dual-track  stomper  that’s  worth 
a listen.  “Trapped”  is  another  nicely  handled  blues  bouncer. 


Newcomer  Picks 


TOP  TWENTY  (1:59)  [Four  Star,  BMI— Fuller] 

WALL  TO  WALL  HEARTACHES  (2:24) 

[Northern,  ASCAP — Clarkson,  Freed] 

CHERYLE  THOMPSON  (Decca  32066) 

Here’s  a cute  little  offering  by  Cheryle  Thompson  that  could  put  her 
in  the  spotlight  real  quick.  Titled  “Top  Twenty,”  this  one  tells  of  a 
gal  who  wants  to  be  No.  1 in  her  boyfriend’s  poll.  Deserves  a spin.  “Wall 
To  Wall  Heartaches”  is  a change  of  pace  to  a slowed  down  blueser. 

IlllllllllllllllllillllllllllillllllllllllllllUlilii^ 


Corrections  On  C&W 
Top  Male  Vocalists 

NEW  YORK — In  last  week’s  Christ- 
mas special  there  were  several  errors 
in  the  country  listings  which  call  for 
correction. 

In  the  poll  listing  of  the  Top  Male 
Vocalist,  Buck  Owens  was  listed  as 
the  No.  1 male  vocalist  and  Eddy 
Arnold  was  listed  in  the  No.  2 spot. 
In  actuality,  both  artists  were  tied 
for  the  No.  1 position.  The  error  also 
caused  other  artists  to  be  placed  im- 
properly in  the  top  5.  I 

The  listings  read:  No.  1 — Buck  I 
Owens,  No.  2 — Eddy  Arnold,  No.  3— 
Jim  Reeves,  No.  4 — Sonny  James,  No. 
5— Roger  Miller.  The  proper  listing 
should  be : No.  1 — Buck  Owens  & 
Eddy  Arnold,  No.  2 — Jim  Reeves,  No. 

3 — Sonny  James,  No.  4 — George 
Jones,  No.  5 — Roger  Miller,  etc. 
George  Jones,  who  placed  No.  4 was 
inadvertently  omitted  from  the  list- 
ings. 


Hank  Thompson/Falst-aff 
Endorsement  Pact  Renewed 

INDEPENDENCE,  KAN.  — Hank 
TJ  ompson  has  renewed  his  personal 
e:.dorsement  contract  with  the  Fal- 
staff  Brewing  Corporation.  Thompson 
snd  his  Brazos  Valloy  Boys  rocontly 
cut  a new  series  of  radio  commercials 
for  Falstaff. 


Starday  Signs 
George  Morgan 

NASHVILLE  — Starday  Records 
president  Don  Pierce  has  announced 
that  the  label  has  signed  country 
songster  George  Morgan  to  a record- 
ing contract.  Formerly  with  Colum- 
bia, Morgan  has  had  an  illustrious 
career  in  records,  with  such  memor- 
able hits  as  “Candy  Kisses,”  “Room 
Full  Of  Roses,”  “Cry  Baby  Heart,” 
and  many  others. 

Pierce  announced  immediate  ses- 
sions for  Morgan,  who’ll  be  working  ; 
with  Starday’s  A&R  chief,  Tommy  , 
Hill,  and  who  will  be  joining  a roster 
that  includes  Johnny  Bond,  the  Willis  j 
Brothers,  Red  Sovine  and  Minnie  1 
Pearl,  to  name  a few. 

An  all-out  campaign  is  being  ; 
planned  by  merchandising  sales  and 
promo  department  heads  Hal  Neely, 
Jim  Wilson  and  Charlie  Dick  to  kick 
off  Morgan’s  first  single  for  the  label, 
which  is  due  in  Jan.,  and  an  album, 
which  is  set  for  Feb. 

When  asked  about  his  switch,  Mor- 
gan was  quoted  as  saying  “I  like  to 
be  with  a label  that  specializes  in  my 
kind  of  music.”  He  went  on  to  say 
that  his  parting  from  Columbia  was 
an  amicable  one.  ; 


TEXAS  TROUBADORS 

(Decca  32065) 

(B4-)  WALKING  THE  FLOOR 
OVER  YOU  (1:47)  [Noma, 
BMI — Tubb]  The  Texas  Troubadors 
serve  up  a wild  sampling  of  the 
Ernest  Tubb  standard  which  should 
score  well  with  the  boys’  fans. 

(B)  E.  T.  BLUES  (2:00)  [Win- 
dow, BMI — Rhodes,  Charleton] 
Another  excellent  Tubb-ful  on  the  flip. 


CHUCK  JENNINGS  (Up-Beat  5533) 

(B-f)  ECHO  OF  YOUR  FOOT- 
STEPS (2:10)  [Floyd  Davis, 
BMI — Davis]  Chuck  Jennings  could 
stir  up  nice  action  with  this  sad-sound- 
ing stanza  of  a man  whose  gal  exits 
stage  left. 

(B)  I SEE  THINGS  THE  OTHER 
WAY  (2:35)  [Floyd  Davis, 
BMI — Davis]  Another  gal  takes  a 
powder  on  this  side. 


HAL  PHILLIPS  (Silver  Star  1015) 

(B-f)  GIRL  FROM  AB  ILENE 
(2:12)  [Tree,  BMI — Crutch- 
field] Boasting  and  bragging  are  the 
cause  of  Hal  Phillips  downfall  in  this 
bouncy,  low-key  heartbreaker.  May  do 
healthy  business. 

(B)  CRYING  IS  THE  FASHION 
(2:10)  [Silver  Star,  BMI— 
Phillips,  Brewer]  Tears  fill  up  the 
grooves  on  this  pretty  blueser.  Equal- 
ly attractive  outing. 


TERRY  BRAND  (Trend  1021) 

(B-f)  THE  PAPER  I HAD  SIGNED 
(2:22)  [Mimic,  BMI— King] 
Terry  Brand  may  make  a name  for 
himself  as  a result  of  this  tale  of 
shattered  romance  with  a Reno  ending. 

(B)  I CAN’T  HAVE  YOU  (1:50) 
[Mimic,  BMI  — Skipper]  On 
this  side  the  songster  serves  up 
blues  with  a bounce. 


Good  Will  Tour 

The  gospel-s  i n g i n g 
Prophets  have  been  busy 
of  late  on  the  personal 
appearance  trail,  but 
they  still  have  time  for 
missions  of  mercy. 
Shown  above,  the  boys 
take  time  out  to  visit 
wounded  Viet  Nam  vet- 
ara.iis  hospitalized  at  Ft. 
Campbell,  Ky. 


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Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


There's  no  catching  him  now! 


Merle  Haggard 


THE  FUGITIVE 


b/w  Someone  Told  My  Story/ 5803 

This  single  is  going  to  make  a lot  of  C&W  hay. 
A gi’eat  song  . . . sung  by  a great  artist. 
Put  Merle  Haggard  on  your  most-wanted  list. 


Publishing:  FOUR  STAR  MUSIC  COMPANY  806  17th  Avenue  South,  Nashville,  Tennessee 

Management:  Jack  McFadden  OMAC  Artist  Corp.  403  Chester  Ave.,  Bakersfield,  California 
Telephone:  805  FA  77201  or  FA  71000 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


COUNTRY 


10 


15 


Pos.  Last 
Week 

THERE  GOES  MY  EVERYTHING 

IBIuecr&sf — BMIJ  2 

Jock  Greene  (Decca  32023) 

SOMEBODY  LIKE  ME 

(Barron — BMI)  1 

Eddy  Arnold  (RCA  Victor  S869) 

TOUCH  MY  HEART 

(Mayhew — BMf)  3 

Ray  Price  (Columbia  43795) 

DON'T  COME  HOME  A-DRINKIN' 
(With  Lovin'  On  Your  Mind) 

^Sure  Fire — BMI]  7 

Loretta  Lynn  (Decca  32045) 

THE  HURTIN'S  ALL  OVER 

(Wilderness — BMI)  4 

Conn/e  Smith  (RCA  Victor  8964) 

GAMES  OF  TRIANGLES 

fDe/more — ASCAP)  6 

Bobby  Bare,  Norma  Jean  & Liz  Anderson 
(RCA  Victor  8963) 

I GET  THE  FEVER 

^Sfo//fon — BM/j  5 

Bill  Anderson  (Decca  31999) 

UNMITIGATED  GALL 

^Ce<Jofwood — BMI)  9 

Faron  Young  (Mercury  72617) 

MISTY  BLUE 

fTo/monf — BMI)  11 

Wilma  Burgess  (Decca  32027) 

SWEET  THANG 

(Su-Ma—BMI)  8 i 

Not  Stuckey  (Paula  243)  : 

STAND  BESIDE  ME  | 

(Glaser — 6M/j  14  | 

Jimmy  Dean  (RCA  Victor  8971) 

HOW  LONG  HAS  IT  BEEN 

(Southtown — BMI  I 

Bobby  Lewis  (United  Artists  50067) 

FUNNY,  FAMILIAR, 

FORGOTTEN  FEELING 

(Acuff-Rose — BMI) 

Don  Gibson  (RCA  Victor  8975) 

MR.  SHORTY 

( Mariposa — RA4  / j 

Marty  Robbins  (Columbia  43870) 

OPEN  UP  YOUR  HEART 

(Blue  Book— BMI) 

Buck  Owens  (Capitol  5705) 


(Pamper — BMI) 

Webb  Pierce  (Decca  32033) 

17  STATESIDE 

I Cedarwood — BA4  / J 

Mel  Tillis  (Kapp  772) 

18  ALMOST  PERSUADED  #2 

(Al  Gollico — BMI) 

Ben  Colder  fMGM  13590) 

19  MOTEL  TIME  AGAIN 

(Central  Songs — BMI) 

Johnny  Paycheck  (Utile  Darlin'  0016) 

20  THE  BOTTLE  LET  ME  DOWN 

fB/ue  Boole — BMI) 

Merle  Haggard  (Capitol  5704) 

21  WHERE  IS  THE  CIRCUS 

(Brazos  Valley — BMI) 

Hank  Thompson  (Warner  Bros.  5858) 

ANOTHER  STORY,  ANOTHER 
TIME,  ANOTHER  PLACE 

(Marson — BMI) 

Ernest  Tubb  (Decca  32022) 

23  THIS  MUST  BE  THE  BOTTOM 

(MosS‘Rose — BMI) 

Del  Reeves  (United  Artists  50081) 

24  WHERE  COULD  I GO? 

(But  To  Her) 

(A)  Galileo — BMI) 

David  Houston  (Epic  10102) 

25  IF  THE  WHOLE  WORLD 
STOPPED  LOVING 

( Fingerlake — BM I ) 

Ray  Drusky  (Mercury  72627) 


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16  WHERE'D  YOU  STAY  LAST  NIGHT 


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Pos.  Last 
Week 

BEAR  WITH  ME 
A LITTLE  LONGER 

(Hill  S Range— BMI)  31 

Billy  Walker  (Monument  980) 

WIFE  OF  THE  PARTY 

(Yanah,  Greenback — BMI)  32 

Liz  Anderson  (RCA  Victor  8999) 

LOSER'S  CATHEDRAL 

(Al  Gollico— BMI)  39 

David  Houston  (Epic  10102) 

APARTMENT  #9 

(Mayhew — BMI)  19 

Bobby  Austin  (Tally  500) 

ONCE 

(Harbot—SESAC)  38 

Ferlin  Husky  (Capitol  5775) 

DON'T  LET  THAT 
DOORKNOB  HIT  YOU 

(Acclaim — BMI)  34 

Norma  Jean  (RCA  Victor  8989) 

OUR  SIDE 

(Bumper — 6M/j  35 

Van  Trevor  (Band  Box  371) 

A WOMAN  NEVER  FORGETS 

(Cedarwood — BMI)  30 

Kitty  Wells  (Decca  32024) 

CALL  HER  YOUR  SWEETHEART 

(Acuff-Rose — f^MI)  33 

Frank  (field  (Hickory  1411) 

HURT  HER  ONCE  FOR  ME 

(Sure  Fire — BM/)  43 

Wilburn  Bros.  (Decca  32038) 

YOU  BEAT  ALL  I EVER  SAW 

Johnny  Cash  (Columbia)  45 

RIDE,  RIDE,  RIDE 

(Yonah-BMI)  42 

Lynn  Anderson  (Chart  1375) 

BURNING  BRIDGES 

tSoge  & Sond-SESAC)  44 

Glen  Campbell  (Capitol  5773) 

SEVEN  DAYS  OF  CRYING 
(MAKES  ONE  WEAK) 

(Southtown — Bt^'l  50 

Harden  Trio  (Columbia  43844) 

FUGITIVE 

(Eour  Star— BMI)  48 

Merle  Haggard  (Capitol  5803) 

TEARS  WILL  BE  THE  CHASER 
FOR  YOUR  WINE 

/Tree— BMI)  46 

Wanda  Jackson  (Capitol) 

I NEVER  HAD  THE  ONE 
I WANTED 

(Vanio—BMI)  51 

Claude  Gray  (Decca  32039) 

WHAT'S  COME  OVER  MY  BABY 

(Tree— BMI)  53 

Dottie  West  (RCA  Victor  9011) 

THE  FIRST  WORD 

(Vintage— BMI)  — 

Eddy  Arnold  (RCA  Victor  9027) 

JUST  BETWEEN  YOU  AND  ME 

(Jock— BMI)  47 

Charlie  Pride  (RCA  Victor  9000) 

HULA  LOVE 

(Mon-BMI)  52 

Hank  Snow  (RCA  Victor  9012) 

THAT'LL  BE  THE  DAY 

(Sou-hwInd—BMI)  49 

Statler  Brothers  (Columbia  43868) 

A WANDERIN'  MAN 

(Pamper — BMI)  54 

Jeannie  Seely  (Monument  987) 

THE  REAL  THING 

(Newkeys — BMI)  — 

Billy  Grammer  (Epic  10103) 

COUNTRY  BOY'S  DREAM 

(Cedarwood — BMI)  55 

Carl  Perkins  (Dollie  505) 


51  SOMEONE  TOLD  MY  STORY 

Merle  Haggard  (Capitol  5803) 

52  GREEN  RIVER 

Waylon  Jennings  (RCA  Victor  9025) 

53  MR.  DO-IT-YOURSELF 

Jeon  Shepard  & Ray  Pillow  (Capitol  5769) 

54  HAPPY  TRACKS 

Kenny  Price  (Boone  1051) 

r.3  UTTLE  THINGS  EVERY  GIRL 
SI  vULD  KNOW 
Claude  King  (Columbia  43867) 

iiiilllllllliiillilillilllllllllllllll 


56  HEAVEN  HELP  THIS  HEART  OF  MINE 

Billy  Grammer  (Epic  10103) 

57  APARTMENT  #9 

Tammy  Wynette  (Epic  10095) 

58  HEART  FULL  OF  LOVE 

Johnny  Dallas  (Little  Darlin'  0013) 

59  SAD  FACE 

Ernie  Ashworth  (Hickory  1428) 

60  ONE  DREAM 

Slim  Whitman  (Imperial  66212) 


‘ Heart  Full  of  Love  !' 

b/yy  "Gray  Flannel  World" 
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Herman's  Hermits,  currently  on  their  fourth  American  tour,  are  one  of  Britain's  most  successful  exports.  Their  latest  Columbia  single  "East  West"  as  well  as  giving 
them  another  transatlantic  smash  has  also  taken  them  into  the  Top  Ten  charts  around  the  world.  “No  Milk  Today"  was  recently  voted  Top  Pop  Song  by  juries  from 
Britain,  Norway,  Finland,  Sweden,  Spain  and  Belgium. 


BRITAIN 


Sales  of  grammaphone  records  in  September,  the  first  month  of  the  Autumn 
releases,  totalled  £2,168,000,  2%  less  than  the  same  month  of  1965.  Home  sales 
fell  by  10%  but  export  sales  (which  accounted  for  about  21%  of  the  total) 
shot  up  b:^  52%.  Despite  the  drop  in  singles  sales  during  the  year,  taking  the 
fii-st  nine  months  as  a whole,  total  sales  increased  by  2%  compared  with  the 
corresponding  period  of  1965.  Export  sales,  representing  16%  of  the  total, 
were  up  by  11%  but  home  sales,  alas,  increased  by  less  than  1%.  Total  pro- 
duction for  the  first  nine  months  of  the  year  was  4%%  lower  than  in  the 
same  period  last  year.  Eleven  per  cent  fewer  45  r.p.m.  disks  were  produced 
but  LP  production  rose  by  9%. 

Britain’s  entry  for  the  Eurovision  Song  Contest  to  be  held  in  Vienna  on 
April  8th  will  be  chosen  from  five  songs  selected  by  a committee  of  the  Music 
Publishers  Association  from  122  entries,  all  of  which  were  submitted  anony- 
mously. Sandie  Shaw  will  sing  the  numbers  in  five  programs  of  “The  Rolf 
Harris  Show”  commencing  Jan.  21st.  As  in  previous  years,  viewers  will  vote 
by  post  card  for  the  winning  song.  The  songs  are: 

“Ask  Any  Woman”  by  Jimmy  Stewart  and  Gerry  Langley  (published  by 
Mills);  “Pll  Cry  Myself  To  Sleep”  by  Roger  Webb  (published  by  Jemb  Music); 
“Tell  The  Boys”  by  Mitch  Murray  and  Peter  Callander  (published  by  Shapiro 
Bernstein);  “Puppet  On  A String”  by  Bill  Martin  and  Phil  Coulter  (published 
by  DPM  Music);  “Had  A Dream  Last  Night”  by  Chris  Andrews  (published 
by  Fortissimo  MUsic). 

Tamla  Motown  star  Jimmy  Ruffin,  accompanied  by  label  boss  Barney  Ales, 
flew  into  London  recently  and  were  guests  of  honor  at  a reception  given  by 
E.M.I.  Records  to  celebrate  Ruffin’s  first  entry  into  the  British  hit  parade  with 
“What  Becomes  Of  The  Broken  Hearted.”  During  his  week’s  stay,  Ruffin 
appeared  on  BBCTV’s  “Top  Of  The  Pops”  and  filmed  an  insert  for  his  follow- 
up disk  “I’ve  Passed  This  Way  Before”  just  issued  in  the  States. 

Geoffrey  Bridge,  managing  director  of  EMI  Records,  accompanied  by  Rex 
Oldfield,  general  manager  Licensed  Repertoii-e  Division,  recently  visited  the 
United  States  where  they  extended  for  three  years  their  licensing  deal  with 
the  Amy  Mala  label.  Bridge  and  Oldfield  also  had  discussions  with  A1  Bennett, 
president  of  Liberty  Records,  regarding  future  releases  of  their  product. 

Australian  pop  star  Normie  Rowe,  with  his  first  British  single  “It’s  Not 
Easy”  released  on  Polydor,  flew  home  for  Christmas  in  the  sun.  By  the  time 
he  returns  early  in  1967,  his  Australian  backing  group  the  Playboys  will  be 
in  Britain  to  accompany  him  on  future  recordings  and  to  appear  as  an  inde- 
pendent group. 

Top  recording  star  Georgie  Fame  has  left  the  Columbia  label  and  signed  a 
five-year  recording  contract  with  CBS.  The  company  plan  to  put  him  in  the 
studio  early  in  1967  to  cut  his  first  single.  CBS  are  reported  to  have  paid 
handsomely  for  the  services  of  Fame  whose  past  hits  include  “Yeh  Yeh,” 
“Get  Away”  and  “Sunny.”  CBS  also  may  have  a new  single  by  Sandy  Posey — 
“Single  Girl.”  Her  previous  single  “Born  A Woman” — although  failing  to  get 
into  the  Top  Twenty — registered  good  sales.  Willie  Bobo  has  waxed  his  version 
of  “Sunshine  Superman”  for  CBS. 

Recent  \isitor  to  London  Mrs.  Guerrini  of  Milan,  vice  president  of  the 
newly-formed  Rentier  Recording  Company  and  publishing  firm  Guerrini 
(Jrouppo  Editoriale.  Mrs.  Guerrini  completed  a deal  with  Baldwin  Burns  & 
Company  to  distribute  their  British-manufactured  guitars  and  amplifiers  in 
Italy. 

The  Monkees  TV  series  begins  on  Dec.  31st,  and  a month  later  RCA  \’ictor 
issue  their  current  American  smash  “I’m  A Believer.”  Their  previous  U.S. 
chart  topper  “Last  Train  To  Clarksville” — although  a million  seller  in  America 
— failed  to  click  here.  Nevertheless,  their  latest  single  backed  by  TV  exposure 
may  solve  the  ‘Monkee’  puzzle  and  take  them  into  the  British  charts. 

Robert  Stigwood,  manager  of  British  group  the  Cream,  currently  in  New 
York  setting  up  radio  and  TV  dates  to  meet  Ahmet  Ertegun  of  Atlantic  Rec- 
ords, U.S.  distributor  of  the  group’s  British  label  Reaction.^ 

French  indie  A&R  managers  Alain  Boublil  and  Jacques  Wolfsohn  in  London 
visiting  Pye  Records  for  discussions  regarding  future  English  recordings  by 
their  artists  Antoine,  Francois  Hardy  and  Jacques  Dutronc.  Dutronc  will  be 
here  in  Jan.  to  cut  English  versions  of  his  current  French  charter  “Les 
Playboys.”  . 

The  oddly-titled  psychedelic  American  hit  “The  Eggplant  That  Ate  Chicago 
is  about  to  eat  its  way  through  Britain  on  three  labels.  The  original  version 
by  Dr.  West’s  Medicine  Junk  Band  is  released  on  CBS  with  cover  versions  by 
Professor  Ernest  Node  and  his  Mug  Jug  Band  on  Columbia  and  Spencer’s 
Washboard  Kings  on  Pye.  . 

Quickies:  Dave  Miller  of  Budget  Sounds,  Inc.,  in  London  for  talks  with  Pye 
Records  managing  director  Louis  Benjamin.  . . . Spanish  singer  Raphael  in 
London  for  BBC  2 TV  “International  Cabaret”.  . . . Marlene  Dietrich’s  new 
Pye  single  “This  World  Of  Ours”  issued  in  US  on  Decca.  . . . Rita  Pavone 
visiting  Britain  early  in  Jan.  promoting  new  single  “You  Only  You”  on  RCA. 
. . . Ray  Williams  and  Simon  Hayes  of  Ace  Public  Relations  are  handling  press 
and  publicity  for  Brian  Epstein’s  Savilee  Theatre.  . . . “Green  Green  Grass  Of 
Home”  still  topping  Best  Selling  Sheet  Music  Lists  for  Burlington^  Music.  . . . 
Brian  Epstein’s  New  Year  plans  for  the  Saville  Theatre  include  Billy  Stewart 
(Feb.  5th),  followed  by  Chuck  Berry  (Feb.  19th),  Edwin  Starr  and  Garnet 
Mimms  (Feb.  26th),  Lee  Dorsey  (March  5th)  and  the  Impressions  (April 
16th).  . . . EMI  hosted  reception  for  American  recording  phenomenon  Mrs. 
Miller  here  for  TV  appearances  and  to  promote  the  unique  “Miller  sound.” 
Tom  Jones  “Green  Green  Grass  Of  Home”  Decca  recording  no\v  passed  the 
half  million  mark.  . . . Congratulations  to  Ted  Heath  celebrating  his  21st 
anniversary  as  Big  Band  Leader.  . . . Australian  group  the  Twilights  in  Lon- 
don promoting  “Needle  In  A Haystack,”  a chart  topper  in  their  own  country 
and  issued  here  by  EMI.  . . . Publisher  Jimmy  Philips  of  K.P.M.  Music  was 
guest  of  honor  at  the  Music  Publishers  Association  Christmas  luncheon  which 
was  attended  by  over  150  guests. 


Miu0M 

IS  COMING 

CANNES 

fO  JAN.  1967-4  FEB.  1967 


CBS'  Boutet-  Visits  London 

PARIS — Philip  Boutet  of  April  Music 
and  CBS  Records  in  Paris  flew  to 
London  recently  where  his  copyright, 
“Le  Soleil  Blanc”  by  Tshuka,  issued  in 
France  by  CBS,  has  been  covered  in 
Britain  by  Valerie  Masters  on  Poly- 
dor. Barbara  Hayes  of  April  Music 
London  has  the  new  Los  Bravos 
single  on  Decca  “Going  Nowhere” 
Wilson  Pickett’s  “Mustang  Sally”  on 
Atlantic  and  “Cry  Like  A Baby”  by 
Aretha  Franklin  on  CBS. 


Germany  and  the  music  business  are  still  in  a state  of  semi-war  with  the 
radio  stations  here,  and  a reduced  number  of  platters  are  crossing  the  radio 
turntables.  Most  of  the  stations  have  increased  their  record  programming  as 
of  the  1st  of  January,  but  the  fight  is  still  not  settled.  Everyone  is  hoping  that 
the  disagreement  will  reach  a final  settlement  early  in  the  year  and  that  things 
will  return  to  normal,  especially  in  the  popularity  and  sales  of  German  singles 
productions.  One  thing  is  certain.  When  a German  language  disk  “clicks”,  it 
outsells  considerably  its  foreign  counterpart.  The  trade  paper  “Music”  with  its 
analysis  of  their  charts  for  1966  showed  18  of  the  20  top  hits  of  the  year  to  be 
foreign  recoi-ds,  but  the  top  2 were  “Ganz  In  Weiss”  (All  In  White)  by  Roy 
Black  from  Polydor  (published  by  August  Seith)  and  “Hundert  Mann  & Ein 
Befehl”  (Ballad  of  the  Green  Berets)  by  Freddy  Quinn  from  Polydor  (pub- 
lished by  Francis,  Day  and  Hunter). 

Top  artists  chartwise  here  were  the  Beatles,  Roy  Black,  Chris  Andrews,  the 
Rolling  Stones,  the  Beach  Boys,  Dave  Dee,  Dozy  Beaky,  Mick  & Tich,  Freddy 
Quinn,  Draft  Deutscher,  the  Troggs  and  Nini  Rosso. 

The  record  companies  racking  up  the  highest  positions  were  in  order:  Teldec 
with  46  songs  in  the  charts  and  4969  points,  Electrola  with  31  songs  making 
the  listings  and  4359  chart  points,  Polydor  with  41  songs  in  the  coveted  list 
and  3963  points  followed  by  CBS  with  48  songs  and  3694  points.  Philips  with 
32  songs  and  3679  points,  Deutsche  Vogue  with  22  songs  and  2158  points, 
Ariola  with  22  songs  and  2158  points,  and  Metronome  with  23  songs  and  877 
points. 

Deutsche  Grammophon  takes  over  the  Sonet-Storyville  Scandinavian  lables 
as  of  Jan.  1st. 

Ralph  Siegel,  Jr.,  is  swinging  with  his  Newbeats  stateside  disc  “My  Yester- 
day Love”  which  he  wrote.  The  son  of  Ralph  Maria  Siegel  is  also  making  his 
mark  locally  with  a new  Dorthe  recording  which  looks  like  it’s  chartbound.  In 
the  meanwhile  the  publishing  firm  is  swinging  with  “Distant  Drums”  in  a 
German  recording  by  Fred  Bertelmann. 

.A1  Martino’s  first  visit  to  Germany  seems  to  have  paid  off  “in  spades”  for 
the  artist’s  I’ecordings  for  Electrola  here.  After  appearing  on  a top  TV  broad- 
cast with  “Spanish  Eyes”  and  “Auf  Wiedersehn” — both  written  by  Bert 
Kaempfert — the  songs  started  moving  like  mad  salewise.  Although  “Spanish 
Eyes”  made  the  charts  here  in  Summer,  the  show  started  such  a run  on  sales 
that  immediate  repressing  of  the  record  was  necessary  to  keep  up  with  orders. 
A1  made  such  a great  impression  on  the  German  public  that  he  now  has  offers 
for  virtually  every  top  TV  show  hei’e  and  will  be  back  in  May  to  fulfill  TV 
and  other  shows.  The  question  is  only  when  he  will  start  with  German  record- 
ings. 

GERMANY— BEST  SELLERS  OVER  THE  PAST  8 WEEKS 


This  Last  Weeks 
Week  Week  On  Chart 


(Courtesy  “Music”) 


Eine  Handvoll  Reis  (A  Hand  Full  Of  Rice) — Freddy — 
Polydor — Edition  Esplanade 

2 2 8 Bend  It — Dave  Dee,  Dozy,  Beaky,  Mick  & Tich — Star  Club 

— Minerva  Music/R.  Von  Der  Dovenmuhle 

3 3 8 Little  Man — Sonny  & Cher — Atlantic — Edition  Intro/P. 

Meisel 

4 4 8 1 Can’t  Control  My.self — The  Troggs — Hansa — Rolf  Budde 

Music 

.3  .5  8 Dunja  Du — Ronny — Telefunken — Idee  Music 

6 6 5 Have  You  Seen  Your  Mother  Baby,  Standing  In  The  Sha- 

dow— The  Rolling  Stones — Decca — Hans  Gerig  Music 

7 7 3 *Du  Allein  (You  Alone) — Franz  Beckenbauer — Polydor — 

Radio  Music  Int. 

8 8 8 ’-’Sag  Mir  Wie  (Tell  Me  Ho\y) — Udo  Juergens — Vogue— 

Montana  Music/H.  R.  Beierlein 

9 9 3 ’-’Moderne  Romanzen  (Modern  Romances) — Peter  Alexander 

— Ariola — Hans  Gerig  Music 

10  10  5 Sunshine  Superman — Donovan — Epic — Peer  Music/T.  See- 

ger 

GERMANY— JUKE  BOX-RADIO-SALES  FAVORITES 

This  Last  Weeks 
Week  Week  On  Chart 

(Courtesy  “Automaten-Markt”) 

11  2 ’’Eine  Handvoll  Reis  (A  Hand  Full  Of  Rice) — Fz'eddy — Poly- 

dor— Edition  Esplanade 

2 2 2 ’^Moderne  Romanzen  (Modern  Romances) — Peter  Alexander 

— Ariola — Hans  Gerig  Music 

3 3 7 Bend  It — Dave  Dee,  Dozy,  Beaky,  Mick  & Tich — Star  Club 

— Minerva  Music/R.  Von  Der  Dovenmuhle 

4 4 2 Augen  Wie  Zwei  Sterne  (That’s  Nice) — Rex  Gildo — Ariola 

— Edition  Belmont 

5 5 7 ’’Wenn  Du  Einsam  Bist  (When  You  Are  Lonely) — Ronny — 

Telefunken — Edition  Marbot 

6 6 4 1 Can’t  Control  Myself— The  Troggs— Hansa— Rolf  Budde 

Music 

7 7 7 Little  Man — Sonny  & Cher — Atlantic — Edition  Intro/ P. 

Meisel 

8 8 2 Mr.  Cannibal — Andy  Fisher — Vogue — Nero/Edition  Intro/ 

P.  Meisel 

9 9 7 ’’Sag  Mir  Wie  (Tell  Me  How) — Udo  Juergens— Vogue — 

Montana  Music/H.  R.  Beierlein 

10  10  2 ’’Lass  Den  Dummen  Kummer  (Stop  That  Worrying)  — 

Renate  Kern — Polydor— Edition  Maxim 
’’Original  German  Copyright 


NEGRAM  - HOLLAND  CORRECTION 

Unfortunately,  because  of  a printer’s  error,  the  wrong  Negram  ad  appeared  in  the  year-end 
issue.  The  correct  ad  appears  on  page  51  in  this  week's  issue. 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966- 


-International  Seclion 


Box 


InteiDationol  News  Beport 


French  Musicians  Strike  Ends 


BBC  Gets  New  Pop  Program; 
Disks  Spin  Six  Hours  A Day 


PARIS — The  strike  of  French  musi- 
cians is  ended.  After  three-and-a-half 
months,  musicians  and  disk  producers 
reached  mutual  agreement,  the  most 
important  of  which  is  the  rise  of  the 


MILAN — Pier  Quinto  Carriaggi,  head 
of  GDI,  was  in  Poland  recently.  Dur- 
ing his  trip,  he  met  one  of  the  most 
outstanding  singing  talents  of  the 
East,  Anna  German.  She  is  considered 
one  of  the  best  selling  artists  of 
Poland,  Chechoslovakia,  Hungary  and 
Russia. 

Carriaggi  signed  a long  term  ex- 
clusive agreement  with  this  song- 
stress for  the  entire  western  hemi- 


fee  for  a three  hour  recording  session 
to  85  francs  instead  of  75.  Further 
talks  will  take  place  in  Jan.  to  iron 
out  other  problems  that  brought 
about  the  strike. 


sphere.  She  was  introduced  to  Italian 
press  representatives  during  a cock- 
tail party  held  in  her  honor  in  Milan, 
during  a visit  paid  to  Italy.  She  has 
recorded,  in  Milan,  her  first  single, 
immediately  released  under  the  GDI 
label. 

A pact  has  ah-eady  been  concluded 
with  San  Remo  organizers  for  the 
presentation  of  this  songstress  in  the 
1967  San  Remo  contest. 


LONDON  — The  Government  white 
paper  on  the  future  of  broadcasting 
and  TV  in  Britain,  belatedly  published 
last  week,  resolves  the  long-standing 
question  concerning  the  future  of 
radio  in  this  country:  commercial 
radio  is  out;  and  the  BBC  is  in. 

By  the  time  the  anti-pirate  bill  be- 
comes law  in  July,  1967,  the  BBC  will 
be  broadcasting  continuous  pop  music 
on  247  metres  medium  wave  band. 
The  Postmaster  General  makes  it 
clear  that  the  new  BBC  program,  un- 
like the  pirates,  will  be  planned  for 
family  consumption,  and  not  just 
teenagers.  The  pi-ogram  will  include 
six  hours  of  records  a day,  and  will 
be  transmitted  on  weekdays  from 
5:30  am  to  7:30  pm  and  again  from 
10  pm  to  2 am,  and  for  most  of  Sun- 
days. Additionally,  the  BBC  is  au- 


thorized to  establish  nine  short  range 
local  stations  on  VHF  to  cover  urban 
and  rural  areas  all  over  the  country. 

The  Government  indicates  that 
these  stations  will  be  local  in  char- 
acter, and  requests  that  local  musi- 
cians are  asked  to  provide  “live”  per- 
foimances.  While  permission  to  set  up 
a series  of  local  stations  is  a triumph 
for  the  BBC,  it  is  viewed  as  blow  to 
those  who  support  commercial  radio 
and  pop  pirates.  However,  because  the 
BBC  has  been  asked  to  conduct  this 
experiment  in  local  broadcasting,  it 
implies  no  commitment  that  it  would 
necessarily  be  asked  to  provide  a per- 
manent service  if  it  was  decided  to 
authorize  one.  The  white  paper  also 
excludes  a fourth  TV  channel  for  at 
least  three  years. 


CDIInks  Top  Polish  Songstress 


Iramac  Director  To  U.S. 


Pye’s  ^Marble  Arch^  Strikes  Gold 


HOLLAND — S.  Samama,  director  of 
one  of  Holland’s  youngest  and  rapid 
growing  record  companies,  Iramac, 
will  be  at  the  Wentworth-Hotel  in 
New  York  City  Jan.  6,  for  about  two 
weeks,  to  conclude  contracts  with  sev- 
eral U.S.  labels  and  to  have  talks  with 


U.S. A.  companies  for  the  representa- 
tion of  the  Iramac  label  in  the  U.S. 
and  Canada.  U.S.  labels,  not  repre- 
sented yet  over  here,  could  contact 
Mr.  Samama  at  the  above  mentioned 
hotel. 


LONDON — Bye’s  low-priced  Marble 
Arch  series,  originally  put  on  the 
market  in  October  1964  primarily  as  a 
classical  label,  was  activated  on  a 
wider  scale  in  September  this  year, 
and  since  then  over  800,000  albums 
have  been  sold  ranging  from  pops  to 
classics  and  retailing  at  12/6d. 
($1.75).  This  figure,  plus  the  200,000 
sold  before  the  label  really  got  under- 
way, brings  total  sales  of  Marble 


Arch  to  over  a million  copies.  This 
low-priced  label  now  boasts  a roster 
of  top  flight  artists  such  as  The 
Kinks,  The  Seai-chers,  Chuck  Berry, 
Lonnie  Donegan,  Ball-Barber-Bilk  etc. 
The  success  of  Marble  Arch  is  seen  as 
more  remarkable  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  the  series  sells  throup-h  retailers 
not  supermarkets  etc.  and  under  the 
normal  five  per  cent  return  privilege. 


HERE  I AM — Mrs.  Miller  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a reception  held  for  her 
at  the  EMI  offices  in  London  recently.  The  lark  is  pictured  above  as  flanked  by 
Geoffrey  Bridge  (left),  managing  director  of  EMI  Records,  and  Sir  Joseph 
Lockwood,  chairman  of  EMI  Ltd.  Mrs.  Miller  was  in  Great  Britain  for  appear- 
ances on  Associated  Rediffusion’s  “The  Frost  Programme.” 


Sweden's  Best  Sellers 


This  Last  Weeks 
Week  Week  On  Chart 


10  — 


11 


Consolation  (Hep  Stars/Olga)  Hep  House  AB,  Sweden 
Vid  Din  Sida  (Sven  Ingvars/Svensk-American)  Seven 
Brothers  Music  Inc./Edition  Odeon,  Sweden 
No  Milk  Today  (Herman’s  Hermits/Columbia)  Ehrling  & 
Lofvenholm  AB,  Sweden 

Puff  The  Magic  Dragon  (Fabulous  Four/Hep  House)  Gehr- 
mans,  Sweden 

Alex  Is  The  Man  (Ola  & Janglers/Gazell)  Sonet  Music 
AB,  Sweden 

Good  Vibrations  (Beach  Boys/Capitol)  Sweden  Music  AB, 
Sweden 

Marble  Breaks  And  Iron  Bends  (Dee  Jays/Hep  House) 
Sweden  Music  AB,  Sweden 

Slit  Och  Slang  (Lucky  Lips)  (Siw  Malmkvist/Metronome) 
Belinda  (Scandinavia)  AB,  Sweden 

I Natt  Jag  Drdmde  (Last  Night  I Had  A Strangest 
Dream)  (Hep  Stars/Olga)  Musikforlaget  Essex  AB,  Swe- 
den 

Bad  Boy  (Beatles/Parlophone)  Sonora  Musikforlags  AB, 
Sweden 

Local  copyright 


Decca  Finalizes  London  Confab 


LONDON — Decca  Records  is  finalis- 
ing plans  for  the  second  London  Rec- 
ords Sales  Convention  which  will  be 
held  from  Jan.  15  to  22.  For  the  sec- 
ond year  running  Chairman,  Sir  Ed- 
ward Lewis,  will  play  host  to  more 
than  140  key  personnel  of  London 
Records  America,  the  wholly  owned 


subsidiary  of  the  British  company.  An 
elaborate  program  of  business  and 
social  events  are  being  lined  up  in- 
cluding visits  to  the  House  of  Com- 
mons and  Windsor  Castle  as  well  as 
to  some  of  London’s  swingiest  restau- 
rants and  discotheques. 


Los  Bravos  Set  For  San  Remo 


MILAN — Marino  Marini,  owner  of  the 
new  diskery  Tiffany  Records,  has  an- 
nounced that  the  top  group  Los 
Bravos  will  perform  on  the  stage  of 
San  Remo  in  the  upcoming  edition  of 
the  contest. 

Los  Bravos  are  under  exclusive  dis- 
tribution for  Italy  with  Tiffany  Rec- 
ords. As  in  other  countries  of  the 


world,  their  hit  “Black  Is  Black”  has 
reached  top  positions  in  Italy. 

In  the  meantime.  Tiffany  has  re- 
leased the  first  LP  of  the  group,  Los 
Bravos  are  expected  for  a tour  in 
Italy  starting  January  4.  They  will 
perform  in  the  Sport  Palace  of  Milan, 
Bologna,  Rome  and  Genova.  They  will 
also  act  in  all  Piper  Clubs  of  Italy. 


118  AT  25 — Decca  Chairman  Sir  Edward  Lewis  recently  presented  118  mem- 
bers of  his  staff  with  gold  watches  to  commemorate  twenty-five  years  service 
with  the  company.  The  recipients  came  from  the  record,  radio  and  TV  divisions 
of  the  group  and  between  them  accounted  for  over  2,950  years  of  service.  Our 
picture  shows  Sir  Edward  (right)  congratulating  W.  Townsley  (a  Director  of 
the  company)  at  the  presentation  ceremony. 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 — International  Section 


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ARGENTINA 


Last  week,  we  had  a chat  with  Julio  Korn’s  topper  Felix  Lipesker,  regarding  , 
the  recent  reorganization  of  this  pubbery.  Lipesker  stated  that  local  publishing 
houses  meet  a somewhat  hard  financial  situation  due  to  the  non-payment  of 
royalties  by  SADAIC,  and  the  fact  that  only  25%  of  these  royalties  go  to  the 
publisher  (with  75%  belonging  to  the  composer)  for  local  songs.  According  to 
Lipesker,  SADAIC  has  been  charging  about  60%  of  the  payments  as  adminis-  ; 
tration  costs.  He  added  that  the  revamping  will  mean  better  business  for  | 
foreign  publishers  in  1967,  since  more  of  JK’s  efforts  will  be  devoted  to  these 
catalogs  next  year. 

RCA  presented  Palito  Ortega  with  his  second  gold  record  at  a cocktail  party 
at  the  Golf  Club  last  week.  Palito  has  been  extremely  successful  during  the 
past  five  years  with  his  singles,  albums  and  films,  both  in  Argentina  and 
abroad.  The  gathering  also  served  to  present  his  new  album,  “Un  Muchacho 
Como  listed.” 

CBS  infos  that  folk  group  Los  Trovadores  has  been  inked  by  Channel  13  for 
its  giant  “Sabados  Circulares”  program  and  is  also  expected  to  appear  at  the 
Cosquin  Folk  Music  Festival  next  month.  In  1967  they  will  tour  several 
European  countries.  Another  artist,  Dino  Alvarado,  will  perform  on  the  same 
channel  during  all  ’67  and  is  currently  recording  his  second  single.  ; 

Odeon  reports  the  release  of  an  EP  by  Salvatore  Adamo  following  the  suc- 
cessful sales  of  his  single.  First  sales  of  its  “Coleccion  Musical”  series  (featur- 
ing top  local  and  international  artists  at  budget  prices)  have  been  extremely  [ 
satisfactory  according  to  the  label’s  sales  topper  Abate.  ' i 

Fermata  infos  that  its  album  “14  with  Tango”  has  been  selling  extremely  | 
well  during  the  first  month  of  issue.  The  songs  contained  in  the  LP  are  being 
recorded  by  other  artists,  including  Edmundo  Rivero,  who  is  waxing  “En  que 
Esquina  te  Encuentro  Buenos  Aires”  for  Philips,  and  Rodolfo  Lesica,  who  will 
cut  “Alejandra”  for  Odeon.  Tango  orkster  Jose  Basso  will  cut  for  Music  Hall 
“Milonga  de  Albornoz.” 

Producciones  F'^rmata  is  busy  with  hot  releases.  This  week  appeared  “Love 
Me,  Please  Love  Me”  by  Michel  Poulnareff,  and  “L’Amour,  Toujours  L’Amour,” 
cut  by  Guy  Mardel.  From  Brazil  comes  as  a big  potential  hit  “A  Banda,”  the 
Chico  Buarque  single  that  has  already  been  showing  sales  in  the  Buenos  Aires 
area. 

Melograf  Publishers  report  that  they  control  the  twelve  titles  of  the  first 
Monkees’  album,  just  released  by  RCA  in  this  country.  The  pubbery  has  also 

Argentina's  Best  Sellers 


This 

Week 

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Last 

Week 

2 Funeral  Del  Labrador  Barbara  & Dick  (RCA);  Odette  Lara 
(Trova) 

1 tin  Homme  Et  Une  Femme  (United  Artists)  Soundtrack  (United 
Artists)  Eddie  Barclay,  Mireille  Mathieu  (Disc  Jockey);  Frank 
Pourcel  (Odeon) 

4 Winchester  Cathedral  (Edami)  New  Happiness  (CBS);  Bull  Dogs 
(RCA);  New  Vaudeville  Band  (Philips);  Gus  (Music  Hall) 

3 Strangers  In  The  Night  (Fermata)  Frank  Sinatra  (Reprise);  Jose 
Feliciano,  Living  Brass,  Vicky  (RCA);  Bert  Kaempfert,  Elio  Roca, 
Los  Claudios  (Polydor);  Luis  Dimas,  Marito  (lonzalez  (Music 
Hall);  Andre  (Phillips);  Bud  Shank  (Trova);  Dalida,  Lucio  Milena 
(Disc  Jockey) 

5 Tutta  La  Gente  (Ricordi)  Ornella  Vanoni  (CBS) 

6 Yellow  Submarine  (Northern-Fermata)  The  Beatles,  The  Shakers 
Maurice  Chevalier  (Oden);  The  VIP’s  (Ala-Nicky);  Ronnie  Montal- 
ban,  Los  In  (CBS);  The  Knacks  (Philips);  Los  Claudios  (Polydor); 
Johnny  Allon  (Microfon) 

II  Diritto  D’Amare  (Ricordi)  Wilma  Goich  (CBS) 

Merci  Cherie  (Relay)  Caravelli  (CBS);  Frank  Pourcel  (Odeon) 

'’El  Equipo  De  Jose  Carlos  Argentino  (Ala-Nicky) 

How  Does  That  Grab  You  Darling?  Nancy  Sinatra  (Reprise) 
Lara’s  Theme  (Neumann)  Soundtrack,  Singing  Strings  (MGM); 
Roger  Williams  (Kapp);  Frank  Pourcel  (Odeon);  Michael  Monot, 
Lucio  Milena  (Disc  Jockey);  Ray  Conniff  (CBS);  Bud  Shank 
(Trova);  A1  Korvin  (Prodisa) 

Mes  Mains  Sur  Tes  Hanches  (Korn)  Adamo  (Odeon) 

Bang  Bang  Sheila  (Philips);  Eddie  Barclay,  Dalida  (Disc  Jockey) 
"Siempre  Te  Recordare  (Korn)  Yaco  Monti  (Odeon  Pops) 

Sin  Fe  (Korn)  Jose  Feliciano  (RCA) 

Olvida  (Esqueca)  Roberto  Carlos  (CBS) 

La  Banda  Borracha  (Korn)  Los  Wawanco  (Odeon  Pops);  Tito  Al- 
berti (Music  Hall);  Niko  Estrada  (Disc  Jockey);  Henry  Nelson 
(CBS) 

Sunny  Bobby  Hebb  (Philips) 

El  Conductor  (Korn)  Wawanco  (Odeon  Pops);  Caucanos  (Music 
Hall);  Cinco  del  Ritmo  (Microfon);  Henry  Nelson  (CBS) 

Amor  Desesperado  (Korn)  Yaco  Monti  (Odeon  Pops) 

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AUSTRALIA 


At  this  stage  we  say  goodbye  to  1966  and  look  forward  with  great  antici- 
pation to  1967.  And  at  the  same  time,  we  send  Happy  New  Year  e‘reetinp’<? 
from  AUSTRALIA  to  our  friends  allover  the  worlfin  aH  sphere?  of  the 
industry. 


1966  wasn’t  the  most  exciting  year  in  the  business,  but  it  was  no  where  near 
the  worst  year  either.  As  a matter  of  fact,  the  year  closed  with  biggest  rush 
on  record  manufacturing  that  we  can  remember.  ALL  plants  were  working  to 
full  capacity,  and,  where  possible,  work  was  being  farmed-out  to  other  com- 
panies. And  still  the  demand  couldn't  be  met. 

In  relation  to  our  best-seller  list  of  the  year  which  appeared  in  last  weeks 
issue;  we  feel  a few  words  of  explanation  are  in  order  regarding  the  locally- 
produced  product. 


There  would  probably  have  been  more  local  discs  shown  had  they  hit 
NATI()NALLY  when  first  released.  In  many  instances,  a local  record  will  get 
going'  in  its  state  of  origin  and  do  well;  then  it  will  progressively  move  from 
State  to  State  thereby  NOT  SHOWING  OUT  NATIONALLY  and  simultane- 
ously in  all  States,  but  eventually  becoming  a National  success  on  a strictly 
regional  basis. 

Had  such  records  become  popular  all  over  Australia  at  the  same  time  they 
would  have  shown  much  more  strongly  on  our  list  because  we  run  a National 
chart. 


On  behalf  of  the  various  companies  they  handle  and  represent  in  this  terri- 
tory, Leeds  Music  are  out  with  a big  batch  of  sheet  copies  that  are  keeping 
the  cash  registers  jumping:  “See  See  Rider”  and  “Let  It  Be  Me”  (Leeds); 
“With  A Girl  Like  You”  and  “Stop,  Stop,  Stop”  (Dick  James  Music);  “Cara- 
Lyn”  and  “Last  Train  to  Clarksville”  (Tu-Con  Music);  “I  Can’t  Control  My- 
self,” “Yellow  Submarine,”  and  “Eleanor  Rigby”  (Northern  Songs).  On  behalf 
of  Accolade  Music,  Leeds  are  distributing  the  sheet  copy  of  “Bend  It,”  the 
big  one  for  Dave  Dee,  Dozy,  Beaky,  Mick  and  Tich. 

EMI  are  doing  top  business  with  the  Stones’  album,  “Big  Hits  . . . High  Tide 
and  Green  Grass.”  It  is  being  marketed  in  imported  covers  which  contain  a 
whole  flock  of  color  pictures  of  the  Rolling  Stones. 

Among  the  current  singles  for  RCA  in  Australia  are  two  by  Elvis  Presley, 
“Spinout”  c/w  “All  That  I Am”  and  “If  Every  Day  Was  Like  Christmas”  c/w 
“How  Would  You  Like  To  Be.”  Local  artist  Phil  Lanham  is  represented  with 
“When  I Dance  With  You”  and  “Remember  Me.”  The  Youngbloods  have 
“Grizzly  Bear”  and  “Tears  Are  Falling.”  The  new  one  for  Marilyn  Maye  brings 
“Cabaret”  and  “Two  Lovers”;  the  Mamas  and  Papas  have  “Dancing  In  The 
Street”  c/w  “Words  Of  Love”;  while  Henry  Mancini  is  heard  with  “Hawaii” 
and  “Driftwood  And  Dreams,”  both  from  the  film  “Hawaii”  which  is  now 
showing  in  this  country. 

Astor  recording  artists  the  Dargies,  who  have  been  featured  on  several  new 
albums  released  this  year,  are  heard  on  a new  package  entitled  “The  Dargies 
On  Stage.”  As  the  title  indicates,  it  carries  a great  deal  of  the  repertoire  that 
the  unit  uses  in  its  stage  act. 

We  recently  attended  a very  swingin’  little  Christmas  party  function  hosted 
by  music  publisher  Jack  Argent  on  behalf  of  the  various  publishing  companies 
within  the  Leeds  Music  group.  Jack,  of  course,  is  tickled  pink  with  the  national 
success  of  the  Johnny  Young  records  of  “Cara-Lyn”  and  “Let  It  Be  Me.” 

As  we  wrap-up  our  final  column  for  1966,  we  do  so  with  the  sincere  hope 
that  1967  will  be  the  year  when  an  Australian-produced  record  will  become 
an  international  success.  It  is  great  to  see  some  enterprising  overseas  record 
companies  releasing  Australian  product,  especially  American  companies. 


Australia's  Best  Sellers 

1 Ooh  La  La  (Normie  Rowe — Sunshine)  Southern  Music. 

2 ’’Let  It  Be  Me  (E.P.)  (Johnny  Young — Clarion)  Various  publishers. 

3 Friday  On  My  Mind  (The  Easybeats — Parlophone)  J.  Albert  & Son. 

4 No  Milk  Today  (Herman’s  Hermits — Columbia)  Reg  Connelly  Music. 

5 Good  Vibrations  (The  Beach  Boys — Capitol)  J.  Albert  & Son. 

6 ’'’Spicks  And  Specks  (The  Bee  Gees — Spin)  Belinda  Music. 

7.  ’'’The  Loved  Ones  (E.P.)  (The  Loved  Ones — W & G)  Woomera  Music. 

8 I’m  A Boy  (The  Who — Philips) 

9 Winchester  Cathedral  (New  Vaudeville  Band — Philips)  Southern  Music. 
10  Bend  It  (Dave  Dee,  Dozy,  etc., — Philips)  Accolade  Music. 

10  Somewhere  My  Love  (Ray  Conniff  Singers — CBS)  J.  Albert  & Son. 
Asterisk  indicates  locally  produced  record. 


ARGENTINA  (Continued) 

overwhelming  majority  in  the  new  Cuarteto  Imperial  LP  (CBS):  ten  out  of 
twelve  titles.  Spanish  title  “Vuelo  502”  has  two  new  versions:  Santy  Castel- 
lanos on  Neptuno  and  Rosarito  La  Andaluza  on  RCA. 

Disc  Jockey  reports  good  results  on  its  recent  outings  by  Eddie  Barclay 
(“Un  Homme  Et  Une  Femme”)  which  competed  successfully  with  the  sound- 
track album  from  the  film.  The  diskery  is  releasing  a new  single  by  Charles 
Aznavour  and  is  also  happy  with  the  sales  of  Rosamel  Araya’s  new  LP,  cut 
with  Los  Antonios. 


BARCLAY’S  BIG  BASH— Barclay  In- 
ternational’s annual  ball  was  held  in 
Paris  Dec.  3rd,  with  “London”  as  a 
theme.  Among  the  1500  invited  guests 
were:  (top  row,  left  to  right)  Mme. 
Eddie  Barclay,  the  Duke  of  Bedford, 
Jean  Sablon,  Henri  Varna,  Mme. 
Volterra,  Mme.  Line  Renaud,  M.  & 
Mme.  Tino  Rossi  & son,  Mme.  Darry 
Cowl,  Eddie  Barclay  (prexy  of  Bar- 
clay Records),  Mme.  Eddie  Barclay, 
the  Duke  of  Bedford;  (bottom  row) 
Mile.  Tania  Constantine,  Eddie  Bar- 
clay, Mme.  Eddie  Constantine,  Eddie 
Constantine,  Pierre  Delanoe,  Mme. 
Pierre  Delanoe,  Eddie  Barclay,  Mme. 
Zizi  Jeanmaire,  the  Duke  of  Bedford, 
and  Mme.  Martine  Carol. 


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InternaHonal  Section 


<;^france]^ 

With  the  end  of  musicians  strike  (see  international  news  report  page),  the 
most  important  events  of  the  week  are  the  results  of  the  Grand  Prix  de 
I’Academie  du  Disque  1966. 

George  Chelon  and  .Jeanne  Moreau  are  the  big  winners  in  variety.  Chelon 
(Pathe  Marconi)  is  a young  author  and  composer.  He  received  the  prize  for 
his  second  LP  with  “Morte  Saison”  and  Prelude.”  Jeanne  Moreau — well  known 
as  a movie  star  (“Viva  Maria”) — got  the  prize  for  a new  LP  album  via  the 
Canetti  label  (Polydor  distributing).  This  is  the  complete  palmares  of  the 
Academie  du  Disque  Frangais. 

Prix  Du  President  De  La  Republique 

French  contempory  Music:  Et  Exspecto  Resurrectionem  Mortuorum  (Mes- 
siaen). Group  instrumental  a percussion  de  Strasbourg,  Orchestre  du  Domaine 
musical,  conducted  by  Pierre  Boulez. 

Prix  De  La  Ville  De  Paris 

World  greatest  realization:  Ex-Aequo:  La  Walkyrie  (Wagner).  Birgitt  Nils- 
son, Hans  Hotter,  Regine  Crespin,  Orchestra  philai’morique  de  Vienne,  con- 
ducted by  George  Solti.  Tristan  Et  Isolde  (Wagner).  Birgitt  Nilsson,  Wolfgang 
Windgassen,  Christa  Ludwig,  Choeurs  and  Orchestra  of  Festival  de  Bayreuth, 
conducted  by  Karl  Boehm. 

Prix  Colette 

Poetry:  Rimbaud  by  Laurent  Terzieff  and  Roger  Blin.  Essay:  Saint-Exupery 
by  Michel  Bouquet,  Jacques  Dacquine,  Jean  Deschamps.  (Hachette  I’Encyclo- 
pedie  sonore). 

Prix  Arthur  Honegger 

La  Fete  De  Saint  Michel  (Decca).  Messe  de  L’Arbresle  (Michel  Puig)  (S.M.). 
Les  Sept  Paroles  Du  Christ  Sur  La  Croix  (Haydn)  (Discotheque  des  dix  Mille). 
Mighty  High  by  Milt  Buckner  (Barclay). 

Prix  Charles  Cros 

Classical  Music:  Ex-Aequo:  Les  Senates  Pour  Piano  (Beethoven)  by  Wilhelm 
Kempff  (D.G.G.).  L’Age  D’or  De  La  Musique  Anglaise.  The  Deller  Consort 
with  Alfred  Deller  (Guilde  international  du  disque).  Varieties:  Les  Grands 
succes  De  Grorges  Brassens  (Tape  Cartridge)  (Musicassette  Philips). 

Prix  Jacques  Rouche 

Operetta:  Bataclan  (Offenbach).  Boulangeot,  Amade  and  Corazza,  Terrasson, 
Desailly,  Chorale  philarmonique  Caillard,  Orchestra  of  Jean-Frangois  Paillard 
conducted  by  Marcel  Couraud  (Erato).  Melodies:  Le  Bestiaire,  Chansons  Vil- 
lageoises,  Rapsodie  Negre,  Le  Bal  Masque,  (Poulenc).  Jean-Christophe  Benoit, 
Solistes  and  Orchestre  de  la  Societe  des  Concerts  du  Conservatoire,  Maryse 
Charpentier,  conducted  by  George  Pretre  (V.S.M.).  Vocal  group;  En  Retrou- 
vant  Le  Moyen-Age  (B.A.M.).  Ballet:  Eloge  De  La  Folie  (Constant)  (Erato). 

Prix  Des  Arts  Et  Lettres 

Classical  Music:  Missa  Solemnis  (Beethoven).  New  Philarmonia  Orchestra 
and  Choeurs  conducted  by  Otto  Klemperer  (V.S.M.).  Contemporary  Music: 


FRANCE  (Continued) 

Concerto  Pour  Violon  Et  Orchestre  (Serge  Nigg).  Christian  Ferras  et  TOr^es- 
tre  Philarmonique  de  TORTF,  condutced  by  Charles  Bruck.  24  Preludes  Pour 
Orcheste  (Constant).  Orchestre  Philarmonique  de  TORTF  conducted  by  Charles 
Bruck  (D.G.G.).  Theatre:  Letartuffe  by  Fernand  Ledoux  (Moliere)  (Ades). 
Testimony:  Max-Pol  Fouchet  raconte  . . . (Barclay). 

Prix  Des  Universites  De  France 

Le  Bourgeois  Gentilhomme  by  Louis  Seigner  (Moliere-Lulli)  (Guilde  Inter- 
nationale du  disque)..  Images  De  Bertold  Brecht  by  Serge  Reggiani  and 
Catherine  Sauvage  (D.G.G.).  L’Enseignement  Au  XXeme  Siecle  by  Gaston 
Bonheur  (Riviera). 

Prix  Du  Conservatoire 

L’Art  De  La  Fuque  (Bach)  (Club  Frangais  du  disque).  Marcel  Bitsch  and 
Claude  Pascal.  Equivalences  (Eloy),  Madrigal  III  (Pousseur),  La  Nuit  Trans- 
figuree  (Schoenberg)  (Ades).  Trois  Concertos  Pour  Flute  Et  Oi'chestre  (De- 
vienne,  Clretry,  Gluck)  (Columbia).  Sonates  (Prokofiev,  Debussy,  Isaye,  Ravel). 
David  Oistrakh  and  Frida  Bauer  (C.D.M.).  Pieces  Pour  Piano  A Quatre  Mains 
(Debussy).  Alfons  and  Aloys  Kontarsky.  (Harmonia  Mundi  Studio  Neuer  Mu- 
sik).  Louis  Couperin,  Champion  De  Chambonnieres,  by  Antoine  (leofTroy- 
Dechaume,  Clavecin  (Columbia).  Oeuvres  Pour  Orgues  (Integrale)  (Nicolas  de 
Grigny).  Marie-Claire  Alain  aux  grandes  orgues  de  Sarlat  (Erato). 

Prix  De  LTnstitut  De  Musicologie 

Chants  Berberes  De  Kabylie  (B.A.M.). 

Prix  Des  Phonotheques 

Ancient  Music:  Anthologie  De  La  Musique  Portugaise  XVIIeme  etXVIIIeme 
Siecles  (Philips).  Folk  Music:  Chansons  Du  Pays  De  France  n°2.  Serge  Kerval 
(B.A.M.).  Folk  songs:  Flamenco.  Manitas  de  Plata  (Philips). 

Prix  Francis  Carco 

Humour:  12  Chansons  A La  (Pour  Les)  Coq(s)  (Ades).  Omajakeno  Poems, 
songs  of  Raymond  Queneau  (C.D.M.).  Children:  Ex-Aequo:  Titane  Et  Bou- 
grenette  by  j.  P.  Chabrol  (Barclay).  Babar,  Le  Petit  Elephant  (J.  de  Brunoff, 
F.  Poulenc).  L’Histoire  Du  Petit  Tailleur  (Grimm,  Tibor  Harsanyi)  by  Peter 
Ustinov  (V.S.M.).  Dance  Music:  Ragtime  Claude  Bolling;  (Philips).  Foreign 
singer:  Chansons  Catalanes.  “Raimon  a TOlympia”  (C.B.S.).  Chanson  1966. 
Georges  Chelon  (Pathe).  Jeanne  Moreau  (Canetti). 


French  EP  TOP  TEN 

1 Les  Playboys  (Jacques  Dutronc)  Vogue;  Alfa 

2 L’Heure  de  La  Sortie  (Sheila)  Philips;  Carrere-Breton 

3 Noir  C’est  Noir  (Johnny  Hallyday)  Philips;  Barclay 

4 J’Ai  Peur  (Enrico  Macias)  Pathe;  Cirta 

5 La  Chanson  de  Lara  (John  William)  Polydor;  France  Melodie 

6 En  Bandouliere  (Adamo)  Voix  de  son  maitre;  Pathe  Marconi 

7 La  Chanson  de  I^ara  (Les  compagnons  de  la  Chanson)  CBS;  France 
Melodie 

8 Paris  Brule  t’il  (Mireille  Mathieu)  Barclay 

9 L’incendie  a Rio  (Sacha  Distel)  EMI;  Prosadis 
10  Celine  (Hugues  Auffray)  Barclay 


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49 


is  Johnny  Jordaan  coming  back?  The  still  renowned  Amsterdam  folk  singer, 
discovered  by  and  reaching  the  big  time  through  Bovema’s  HMV  label  in  the 
mid-50’s,  made  a highly-successful  surprise  appearance  in  Corrie  Brokken’s 
TV  show.  Jordaan,  reassured  and  convincing  as  never  before,  is  getting  a lot 
of  attention  in  the  Dutch  music  press  nowadays.  Bovenia’s  A&R  man  John 
Moring  commented  “We’re  busy  recording  Jordaan  and  expect  to  have  a new 
album  with  an  entirely  new  repertoire  out  in  the  course  of  this  month.” 

Bovema’s  His  Master’s  Voice  label  last  week  released  two  new  albums  now 
on  its  Angel  December  catalog:  Purcell’s  “Dido  and  Aeneas”  under  Sir  John 
Barbirolli  and  Mozart's  “Don  Giovanni”  under  the  baton  of  Otto  Klemperer. 
On  Dec.  10th  HMV’s  top  comedian  Toon  Hermans  was  appointed  honorary 
member  of  the  Royal  Dutch  Federation  of  Harmony  and  Brassbands,  which 
saw  its  annual  congi-ess  in  Utrecht  highlighted  by  Toon  personally  conducting 
one  of  his  own  march  tunes.  Reel  Kruyze,  Bovema  label  manager  (singles), 
reports  that  the  Beach  Boys’  latest  hit,  “Good  Vibrations,”  is  still  selling 
extremely  well  in  this  country.  Both  the  gi’oup  and  the  record  were  featured 
in  a film  report  on  Vara’s  Fan  Club  TV  series. 

CBS’  John  Williams,  the  25-year  old  world-famous  guitarist,  gave  two  out- 
standingly successful  recitals  in  Amsterdam  and  The  Hague.  Guitar  music 
lovers  were  carried  away  by  his  performance  and  cheered  John  Williams  to 
the  roof,  'fhe  long-awaited  2-record  set  of  Mahler’s  Symphony  No.  8 with 
Leonard  Bernstein  conducting  the  London  Symphony  Orchestra  and  various 
soloists  (Erna  Spoorenberg,  Gwyneth  Jones,  a.o.)  has  been  released  by  CBS 
this  week.  This  handsomely-packed  set  is  certain  to  attract  attention.  Mr. 
Hans  Citroen,  artistic  director  of  the  Hague  Residency  Orchestra,  will  com- 
mence a series  for  local  radio  station  entitled  “A  Profile  Of  Bruno  Walter.” 
The  entire  Bruno  Walter  catalog  being  released  on  CBS  consists  of  43  albums. 

One  of  the  hottest  CBS  albums  at  the  moment  is  “Somewhere  My  Love”  by 
Ray  Conniff  and  the  Singers.  Immediately  after  its  initial  release,  it  became 
one  of  the  fastest-selling  LP’s  in  Holland.  In  the  very  near  future  CBS  is 
going  to  release  a new  album  by  the  Kilima  Hawaiians,  famous  local  group, 
entitled  “Moonlight  Over  Hawaii.”  Their  first  CBS  album,  entitled  “Farewell 
Hawaii”  is  still  a bestseller  in  many  countries. 

Warner  Bros. /Reprise  surprised  Robert  Oeges  and  Hans  E.  Kellerman, 
managing  directors  of  Negram/ Delta  with  two  new  LP’s  of  Dean  Martin: 
“Dean  Martin  Christmas  Album”  and  Dino’s  “TV  Show,”  doing  very  well 
because  of  his  very  successful  show  on  the  Dutch  A.V.R.O.-T.V.  Sammy  Davis 
may  hit  again  with  his  new  LP  “Sammy  Davis  Sings.”  Three  new  singles  are 
sure  to  reach  the  charts:  Dean  Martin’s  “Let  The  Good  Times  In”;  Peter  Paul 
and  Mary’s  “For  Baby”  and  a rush  release  of  the  new  much-promising  Ameri- 
can group  Electric  Prunes  “I  Had  Too  Much  To  Dream.”  Dutch  group  the 
Motions  appeared  at  the  Olympia  in  Paris  last  week. 

Holland's  Best  Sellers 


This 

Week 

1 


2 


3 


4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 

10 


Last 

Week 

3 Friday  On  My  Mind  (Easybeats/U.A.)  (U.A.  Music-Altona 
Amsterdam) 

•5  Green  Green  Grass  Of  Home  (Tom  Jones/Decca)  (Altona, 
Amsterdam) 

1 No  Milk  Today  (Herman’s  Hermits/Columbia)  (Connelly-Basart 
N.V.  / Amsterdam ) 

2 Sammy  (Ramses  Shaffy  Philips)  ( Basart/ Amsterdam ) 

7 Gimme  Some  Lovin’  (Spencer  Davis  Group/Fontana)  ( Essex- 
Basart  Amsterdam) 

— Dead  End  .Street  (Kinks/Pye)  (Belinda/Amsterdam ) 

4 Stop  Stop  .Stop  ( Hollies /Parlophone) 

6 Little  Man  (Sonny  & Cher/ Atlantic)  (Belinda/ Amsterdam) 

9 Distant  Drums  (Jim  Reeves'RCA)  (Internationale  Muziek  Co./ 
Amsterdam) 

— Touch  (Outsiders/Relax)  ( Intertone-Basart/ Amsterdam) 


Great  Britain's  Best  Seilers 

This 

Last 

Weeks 

Week 

Week 

On  Chart 

1 

1 

6 

Green  Green  Grass — Tom  Jones  (Decca)  Burlington 

2 

2 

6 

*What  Would  I Be — Val  Doonican  (Decca)  Marvel 

3 

5 

3 

Morningtown  Ride — The  Seekers  (Columbia)  Compass 

4 

15 

2 

Sunshine  Superman — Donovan  (Pye)  Southern 

5 

6 

4 

What  Becomes  of  The  Brokenhearted — Jimmy  Ruffin  (Tam- 
la  Motown)  Belinda 

6 

11 

3 

You  Keep  Me  Hanging  On — The  Supremes  (Tamla  Mo- 
town) Carlin 

7 

3 

8 

Good  Vibrations — The  Beach  Boys  (Capitol)  Immediate 

8 

7 

4 

*Dead  End  Street — The  Kinks  (Pye)  Davray 

9 

4 

5 

*My  Mind’s  Eye — The  Small  Faces  (Decca)  Robbins 

10 

10 

4 

Friday  On  My  Mind — The  Easybeats — (United  Artists) 
United  Artists 

11 

8 

8 

*Gimme  Some  Lovin’ — Spencer  Davis  (Fontana)  Island 

12 

19 

2 

*Save  Me — Dave  Dee,  Dozy,  Beaky,  Mick  & Tich  (Fontana) 

Lynn 

13 

16 

2 

If  Every  Day  Was  Like  Xmas — Elvis  Presley  (RCA)  Cri- 
terion 

14 

9 

5 

Just  One  Smile — Gene  Pitney  (Stateside)  A.  Schroeder 

15 

13 

8 

*Semi  Detached  Suburban  Mr.  James — Manfred  Mann  (Fon- 
tana) Carter  Lewis 
-Local  copyrights 

Top  Ten  LP's 

1 The  Sound  of  Music — Soundtrack 
(RCA) 

2 Come  The  Day — The  Seekers 
( Columbia ) 

3 Best  of  The  Beachboys — The 
Beachboys  (Capitol) 

(^ntle  Shades  of  Val  Doonican — 
;Decca) 

5 Distant  Drums — Jim  Reeves 
■RCA) 


6 Golden  Hits — Dusty  Springfield 
(Philips) 

7 Revolver — The  Beatles  (Parlo- 
phone) 

8 Big  Hits — The  Rolling  Stones 
(Decca) 

9 Collection  of  Beatles  Oldies — The 
Beatles  (Parlophone) 

10  Hand  Clapping  Foot  Stamping 
Geno  Washington — Geno  Wash- 
ington (Piccadilly) 


News  from  Companhia  Brasileira  De  Discos  (Philips)  is  that  the  popular 
and  talented  vocal  group  Os  Cariocas  (who  were  so  successful  in  the  States) 
is  leaving  on  a Mexico  tour  for  TV  and  personal  appearances.  Their  latest  al- 
bum for  the  Polydor  label  contains  such  current  hits  as  “A  Banda”  and  “Lunik 
9”  and  is  enjoying  good  sales.  Composer  Caetano  Velloso  and  chantress  Gal 
Costa  have  been  pacted  by  the  company  and  will  soon  appear  together  in  an 
album  called  “Apresentando  Caetano  e Gal.”  Velloso  penned  winning  numbers 
“Boa  Palavra”  and  “Um  Dia.”  ...  A new  label  will  be  launched  by  CBD  next 
January — Fontana — first  disc  will  be  “Sucessos,”  with  Nicholas  & Seu  Con- 
junto. 

Two  more  singles  recently  released  by  new  label  “Au”  are  heading  for  good 
positions  in  the  local  charts:  “Flor  Maior”  by  the.  Pequenos  Cantores  De  Sao 
Paulo  and  “La  Vem  O Bloco”  by  Leny  Eversong.  Both  albums  released  with 
the  Sao  Paulo  Festival  of  the  instrumental  group  Os  Versateis  are  still  head- 
ing for  No.  1 spots. 

From  Fermata  we  hear  that:  Oslain  Galvao,  who  is  doing  very  well  with  his 
single  for  RGE  (“Tereza”),  is  preparing  repertoire  for  his  new  album  all  from 
the  Fermata  pubbery.  Dee  jay  Ferreira  Martins  (Radio  Piratininga)  is  being- 
approached  by  several  diskeries — as  a result  of  his  great  popularity — to  cut  a 
disc  as  a singer  with  material  repertoire  also  from  the  Fermata  pubbery. 

After  a successful  Latin  American  tour,  teen-canter  Sergio  Murilo  retuims 
to  his  disc  activity  at  RCA  with  a carefully-prepared  album  of  compositions 
by  the  new  generation  and  four  versions  of  international  hits.  Popular  chanter 
Carlos  Gonzaga  (over  two  million  discs  sold)  appears  again  with  a teen-music 
single.  Late  Italian  tenor  Mario  Lanza  is  remembered  by  RCA  in  a specially- 
mounted  album  for  Brazilian  RCA. 

CBS  Do  Brasil  comes  next  with  a few  quickies:  an  album  by  new  “sambista” 
Ary  Vilela  is  already  making  noise  saleswise.  Paulo  Bob  will  be  present  in 
the  next  Carnival  with  some  of  his  recordings.  Busy  teen-group  Renato  & Seus 
Blue  Caps  have  a new  album  ready  for  release;  the  group’s  discs  are  being  re- 
quested from  as  far  off  as  Australia.  The  recently-released  album  by  teen  idol 
Roberta  Carlos  is  selling  in  a way  that  indicates  it  will  be  on  the  charts  soon. 
So  will  the  singles,  mostly  “Namoradinha  De  Um  Amigo  Meu”  and  “Eu  Te 
Darei  O Ceu”  which  promise  to  be  absolute  best-sellers. 

Based  on  the  big  success  of  Deny  & Dino’s  number  “Coruja” — which  reached 
first  spot  on  the  local  charts — Odeon  released  an  album  from  the  vocal  two- 
some with  that  name.  Mexican  “bolero”  rhythms — very  popular  here— appear 
in  a serial  album  by  Irany  & Seu  Conjunto,  entitled  “Boleros  Em  Surdina  No. 
10.”  The  agreement  with  British  London  label  is  assuring  a constant  export 
of  successful  Odeon  discs  all  over  the  world,  in  albums  cut  for  that  purpose. 

Brazil's  Best  Sellers 


i This 
I Week 
! 1 

I 

2 


3 

1 


8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

11 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 
21 

22 

23 

24 

25 


1 


6 

7 

8 
9 

10 

11 

12 


1 

2 

3 


.5 

6 


Last 

Week 

2 *Disparada  (Ed.  Porta-Estandarte)  Jair  Rodrigues/Philips  (CBD); 

Ely  Camargo  (Chantecler) ; Geraldo  Vandre/RCA  Victor 
1 *A  Banda  (Fermata)  Chico  Buarque/RGE;  Nara  Leao/Philips; 
Pequenos  Cantores  de  Sao  Paulo/AU;  Altamiro  Carrilho/Copaca- 
bana 

3 Lara’s  Theme  (Todamerica)  A1  Korvin/Fermata;  The  Jordans/ 
Copacabana 

7 The  More  I See  You  (Todamerica)  Chris  Montez/A&M  (Fer- 
mata ) 

1 Monday,  Monday  (Vitale)  Mama’s  & Papa’s/Dunhill  (RCA) 

6 Esqueca/Forget  Him  (Vitale)  Robert  Carlos/CBS;  Gary  Lewis ^ 
RCA  Victor 

5 Meu  Bem/Girl  (Fermata)  Ronnie  Von/Polydor  (CBD) 

10  *Ebrio  De  Amor  (Edicoes  RCA)  Lindomar  Castilho/Continental 

2 *A  Carta  (Fermata)  Erasmo  Carlos/RGE 

11  *Tijolinho  (Vitale)  Bobby  de  Carlo/Mocambo  (FDR) 

8 Pare  O Casamento  (Aberbach)  Wanderlea/CBS 

14  *Agora  t,  Tarde  (Fermata)  Marcos  Roberto/Continental 

13  Yellow  Submarine/Subarino  Amarelo  (Fermata)  The  Beatles/ 
Odeon;  Os  Vips/Continental 

9 Strangers  In  The  Night  (Fermata)  Frank  Sinatra/Reprise  (CBD) 
13  California  Dreamin’  (Vitale)  Mama’s  & Papa’s/Dunhill  (RCA) 

16  *0  Adeus  (Fermata)  Ary  Sanches/Continental 

19  *Nao  Va  Embora  (Fermata)  Barros  de  Alencar/Chantecler 
18  Morrer  Ou  Viver  (Vitale)  Wanderley  Cardoso/Copacabana 
24  Nao  Te  Perdoarei  (n.p.)  Morgan/Continental 

17  *A  Partida  (Edigoes  RCA)  Os  Iguais/RCA  Victor 

21  Eu  Te  Darei  Bern  Mais/Io  Ti  Daro  Di  Piu  (Fermata)  Moacyr 
Franco/Copacabana 

20  Merci  Cherie  (Edigoes  RCA)  Udo  Jurgens/Vogue-Mocambo 
(FDR);  Matt  Monro/Capitol  (Odeon) 

— *Pedestre  (n.p.)  Nerino  Silva/Continental 

15  *Vem  Chegando  A Madrugada  (Nossa  Terra)  Jair  Rodrigues/ 

Philips  (CBD) 

23  Pobre  Menina/Hang  On  Sloopy  (Mellin)  Leno  & Lilian^CBS;  Jan 
& Dean/RCA 

*Original  Brazilian  Copyright 

Brazirs  TOP  TWELVE  LP^S 

1 Revolver — The  Beatles/Odeon 

4 Dr.  Zhivago — Original  Soundtrack/MGM  (CBD) 

2 O Sorriso  De  Jair — Jair  Rodrigues/Philips  (CBD) 

3 A Banda — Chico  Buarque  de  Hollanda/RGE 

7 Viva  O Festival — Several  Brazilian  Artists/Au  (FDR  i 

6 As  14  Mais,  Vol.  18 — Several  Brazilian  Artists/CBS 
9 Chapeuzinho  Vermelho — Jet  Blacks/Chantecler 

5 Meu  Bern — Ronnie  Von/Polydor  (CBD) 

— Cass,  John,  Michelle,  Dennis — Mama’s  & Papa’s/Dunhill  (RCA) 

— Studio  17 — Os  Jordans /Copacabana 

— Uma  Noite  No  Urso  Branco — Os  Versateis/Au  (FDR) 

— Animalisms — The  Animals/Odeon 

Top  Six  Double  Compacts 

2 Dr.  Zhivago — Frank  Pourcel/Odeon 

1 California  Dreamin’ — Mama’s  & Papa’s/Dunhill  (RCA) 

3 Love  Me,  Please  Love  Me — Michel  PolnarefF/Disques  Az  (Fer- 
mata-Mocambo ) 

4 Pare  O Casmento — Wanderlea/CBS 

4 El  Presidente — Herb  Alpert  & Tijuana  Brass/ A&M  (Fermata) 

— Canta,  Mas  Nao  Mente — Guto  & Moacyr  Franco/Copacabana 


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International  Section 


DENMARK 

As  to  sales  the  weeks  before  Christmas,  most  trade  people  here  in  Denmark 
appear  very  satisfied.  No  one  has  the  feeling  that  they  were  poor,  as  answers 
ranged  from  “Normal”  to  “extra-ordinary.” 

Dansk  Grammofonpladeforlag  is  out  with  the  first  LP  album  done  by  local 
group  Defenders,  titled  “Looking  At  You.”  Among  other  local  releases  is  a 
new  single  with  Caesar,  an  EP  with  Doul  Dissing,  and  a number  of  imported 
LP’s,  EP’s  and  singles  on  Kenwood,  Supraphon,  Musidisc,  Epic,  Roulette  and 
Septima  labels. 

Latest  releases  from  Mprks  Musikforlag  includes  “Dead  End  Street”  with 
the  Kinks  on  Pye  and  “The  Shadow  Knows”  with  Charlatans  on  Kapp. 

HNF  (Hede  Nielsens  Fabriker  A/S)  rushed  out  a new  Elvis  Presley  LP 
including  the  songs  from  the  flipper  “California  Holiday.” 


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FINLAND 

Coming  on  very  strong  are  “No  Milk  Today”  with  Herman’s  Hermits  on 
Columbia  and  “Stop!  Stop!  Stop!”  with  the  Hollies  on  Parlophone,  both  de- 
buting on  the  charts  here  this  month. 

Latest  local  releases  from  Scandia-Musiikki  Oy  include  two  new  singles  at 
Sonet.  Heikki  Aarva  is  doing  “Bukarest”  and  “Kun  Kohtaat  Ystavan.”  Piro 
Soujanen  has  done  “Ikkunassa  Illalla”  and  “Syntymapaivavalssi.”  On  Metro- 
nome Siw  Malmkvist  has  done  “1  Couldn’t  Live  Without  Your  Love”  b/w  a 
Swedish  tune  in  Finnish. 

NORWAY 

Newcomer  on  the  charts  here  this  week  is  the  Kinks  on  Pye  with  “Dead 
End  Street.” 

Latest  releases  from  A/S  Nera  include  “Why  Not  Stop  And  Dig  It  While 
You  Can”  with  Barry  McGuire,  “Look  Through  My  Window”  with  Mama’s  & 
Papa’s,  and  “Forget  Domani”  with  Pero  Como. 

Latest  releases  from  Arne  Bendiksen  A/S  include  Ase  Thoresen  on  Triola 
with  “En  Gang,  Et  Sted”  (being  “Somewhere,  My  Love”  in  Norwegian), 
Vanguards — top  selling  group  here — has  done  “Min  Barndoms  By”  (Green, 
Green  Grass  Of  Home),  and  Kirsti  Sparboe  doing  “Edelweiss”  and  “Have 
You  Ever  Been  Lonely  ’ in  Noiwegian  accompanied  by  Arne  Bendiksen  on  the 
mouth-organ. 


I Norsk  Phonogram  A/S  (NPA)  is  strongly  promoting  Beatmakers,  a quintet 
^ from  Oslo  currently  coming  on  strong  with  “I  Remember  When  1 Loved  Her” 
I on  Philips. 

'I  SWEDEN 

B Second  Swedish  artist  to  appear  on  the  CBS  label  will  be  Jan  Malmsjd, 
who  just  signed  a contract  with  AB  Philips-Sonora  for  the  CBS  label.  First 
local  artist  at  CBS  was  Lars  Lonndahl,  who  will  have  two  singles  and  an  EP 
on  the  market  in  a few  weeks. 


Dave  Dee,  Dozy,  Beaky,  Mick  & Tich  will  be  touring  Scandinavia  between 
I Dec.  31  and  Jan.  7.  Manfred  Mann  is  also  contracted  for  Scandinavia  about 
the  same  time. 


Torsten  Ehrenmark,  popular  disc-jockey  in  Swedish  Radio,  now  has  his 
own  LP  on  Dux.  On  Philips,  Gunnel  & Jan  has  done  “Brazos  River”  and  “Cot- 
ton Pickin’  Hands”  in  Swedish. 

Karusell  Grammofon  AB  has  started  plugging  the  Australian  group  Easy 
Beats,  now  out  on  United  Artists  with  “Friday  On  My  Mind”/“Made  My 
Bed.” 

Cash  Box  Scandinavian  office  takes  this  opportunity  to  wish  all  the  best  for 
1967  to  all  known  and  unknown  friends  throughout  the  world. 

Denmark's  Best  Sellers 


This 
W eek 
1 

2 

3 


6 

7 

8 
9 

10 


Last  Weeks 
Week  On  Chart 

1 8 En  Tusindfryd  1 Min  Hand  (En  Prastkrage  I Min  Hand) 

(Keld  & Donkeys/HMV)  Imudico  A/S,  Denmark 

2 8 Traed  An  Ved  Makronerne  (Hitmakers/Philips)  Selection 

of  songs — no  publisher 

3 16  *Ved  Landsbyens  Gadekaer  (Keld  & Donkeys/HMV)  Warny 

Music,  Denmark 

1 8 Little  Man  (Sonny  & Cher/ Atlantic)  Imudico  A/S,  Den- 

mark 

5 3 *Der  Er  lys  I Lygten  (Defenders/Sonet)  Wilhelm  Han- 

sen, Musik-Forlag,  Denmark 

7 I I Can’t  Control  Myself  (Troggs/Fontana ) Multitone  A/S, 

Denmark 

6 3 Stop!  Stop!  Stop!  (Hollies/Pailophone)  Multitone  A/S, 

Denmark 

9 3 Sunny  (Cher/Liberty ) Reg  Connelly,  Musik-Foidag  A/S, 

Denmark 

8 3 Marianne  (Hooten  Singers/Polar)  Polar  Music  AB,  Swe- 

den 

10  1.7  Yellow  Submarine  ( Beatles/Parlophone)  Multitone  A/S, 

Denmark 

Norway's  Best  Sellers 


This 

Week 

1 

2 

3 

I 

5 

6 
7 


8 

9 

10 


Last  Weeks 
Week  On  Chart 


11 


.7  No  Milk  Today  (Herman’s  Hermits/Columbia)  Reg  Con- 
nelly, Musik-Forlag  A/S,  Denmark 

1 Good  Vibrations  (Beach  Boys/Capitol)  Sweden  Music  AB, 
Sweden 

6 Edelweiss  (Julie  Andrews/RCA  Victor)  Thore  Ehrling  Mu- 
sik  AB,  Sweden 

8 I Can’t  Control  Myself  (Troggs/Fontana)  Sonora  Musik- 
forlags  AB,  Sweden 

13  Little  Man  (Sonny  & Cher*/ Atlantic ) Edition  Odeon,  Swe- 
den 

9 Distant  Drums  (Jim  Reeves/RCA  Victor)  Acuff-Rose 
Scandia,  Denmark 

7 I Natt  Jag  Drbmde  (Last  Night  1 Had  A Strangest 
Dream)  (Hep  Stars/Olga)  Musikforlaget  Essex  AB,  Swe- 
den 

1 Dead  End  Street  (Kinks/Pye) 

6 *Huldresl^tten  (Ole  Ellesfsaeter/Columbia)  No  publisher 

•1  Vid  Din  Sida  (Sven  Ingvars/Svensk-American)  Seven 
Brothers  Music  Inc./Edition  Odeon,  Sweden 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966- 


■International  Section 


51 


COIN  MACHINES  & VENDING 


Cash  Box  Editorial 


Twelfth  Root,  Rear 


Most  editorials  written  at  this  season  usually  begin, 
“As  the  year  draws  to  a close  . . whereas,  to  be  truth- 
ful, they  should  begin,  “As  our  editorial  staff  slumps  into 
exhausted  sleep  . . 

Sitting  in  an  office  on  the  Twelth  Floor,  Rear,  before  a 
typewriter,  a paper  cup  full  of  cold  coffee  nearby  waiting 
to  be  spilled,  we  recall  an  anecdote  from  the  typewriter 
of  a great  journalist.  Gene  Fowler,  concerning  a missing 
editorial. 

It  was  in  New  York,  on  a Christmas  Eve  in  the  1920s, 
when  the  staff  of  a morning  paper  repaired  to  a local  tav- 
ern (nowadays  it  would  be  called  a lounge)  after  putting 
the  paper  to  bed,  ready  to  relax  and  carouse  into  the 
dawn.  A copyboy  came  bursting  through  the  swinging 
doors,  rushed  up  to  the  managing  editor  and  said  breath- 
lessly, “Oh,  sir,’’  (copyboys  were  respectful  in  those 
days)  “there  is  no  editorial!’’  The  crashing  of  a hundred 
dropped  drop-glasses  punctuated  the  awful  news. 

Unruffled,  the  managing  editor  carefully  donned  his 
Chesterfield  coat,  set  his  bowler  atop  his  head  and 
walked  across  the  street  to  the  offices  of  the  endangered 
tabloid,  followed  by  a crowd  of  reporters.  Marching  in  to 
the  “city  room,’’  he  closed  the  door  to  his  office,  took  off 
his  hat  and  coat,  set  himself  before  his  typewriter  and, 
after  a moment  of  concentration,  attacked  the  keys  with 
gusto.  The  reporters  waited  outside,  hardly  daring  to 
breathe,  while  the  copyboy  twisted  his  hat  in  his  fingers. 

After  fifteen  minutes,  the  managing  editor  rose  with 
two  sheets  of  paper  in  his  hand  and  beckoned  the  copy- 
boy forward.  He  opened  the  door,  presented  the  lad  with 
the  pages,  donned  his  hat  and  coat  and  marched  back  to 
the  tavern.  As  the  copyboy  dashed  by  the  reporters,  one 
of  them  caught  him  by  the  arm  and  grabbed  the  pieces 
of  paper.  The  other  reporters  crowded  over  his  shoulder 
to  read  the  words  that  would  make  the  morning  edition 
a professional  and  artistic  whole. 

They  stood  agog,  for  lo,  there  were  not  words,  but  a 
single  word,  repeated  over  and  over.  The  word  was; 
“Nevertheless.” 

Nevertheless,  it  has  been  an  eventful  year  for  the  coin 
machine  trade  and  so  with  Twelfth  Floor,  Rear.  There  is 
nothing  quite  like  holding  the  front  news  page  open  until 
the  last  minute  on  a Thursday  night,  hoping  that  the 
mails  or  the  phone  will  deliver  that  Important  Story,  nor 
is  there  anything  quite  like  jumping  into  a car  and  chas- 
ing the  printer’s  truck  to  Connecticut,  nothing  quite  like 
cursing  and  praying  over  a cantankerous  camera  to  get 
that  Important  Picture,  nor  is  there  anything  like  the  sud- 
den silence  of  the  office  after  the  copy  has  gone  to  the 
presses,  the  last  cigarette  and  cup  of  coffee  before  going 
home. 

After  a particularly  heavy  issue  it  is  sometimes  neces- 
sary and  refreshing  to  stand  on  the  balcony  and  watch 
the  traffic  going  by  on  Broadway  and,  the  lights  glowing. 
From  the  balcony  it  is  possible  to  look  over  to  Tenth  Ave- 
nue and  on  some  nights,  one  would  swear  that  Chicago 
and  California  can  be  seen,  with  all  the  land  between.  On 
such  a night,  reporters,  editors  and  other  folk  relax  by 
having  a beer  and  playing  the  jukebox  or  game  at  the  lo- 
cal, or  the  nearest,  tavern.  We  do  this  not  out  of  a sense 
of  duty,  but  simply  because  it  is  fun. 

Tonight,  as  the  holiday  and  the  New  year  comes,  we 
look  back  on  the  written  and  spoken  words,  the  sounds 
and  sights  of  the  coin  machine  industry  in  1966;  there 
are  memories  of  crises  and  comedies,  things  done  and 
yet  to  do. 

They  are  two  particular  breeds,  journalists  and  coin 
machine  men;  both  devoted  to  their  professions,  simply 
because,  once  engaged  in  it,  they  find  they  cannot  get 
away  from  it.  It  may  be  demanding,  possessive  and  some- 
times frustrating,  but  it  is  also  goofy,  great  and  grati- 
fying. 

So,  from  the  Twelfth  Floor,  Rear,  we  send  to  the  en- 
tire industry  holiday  greetings,  a glass  of  cheer  and  four 
choruses  of  “Auld  Lang  Syne.”  It’s  been  grand. 


II 

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1 


L. 


52 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


Steiger  & Wilson  Drop  In  On  Valley 


Ben  Gordon  (left)  presi- 
dent of  Valley  Distribu- 
tors, poses  with  supper 
club  star  Julie  Wilson 
and  Tel-A-Sign  chief  A. 
A.  Steiger  at  recent 
Scopitone  distributor  ap- 
pointee party.  Valley 
will  handle  the  audio- 
visual for  Connecticut 
and  Massachusetts. 


Confusion  Remedied 


Complete  Details  On 

Last  week  a story  appeared  in  Cash 
Box  on  the  destruction  of  the  J.  F. 
Frantz  manufacturing  offices  in  Chi- 
cago. Complete  details  were  not  avail- 
able at  the  time  and  errors  in 
the  story  may  have  caused  confusion, 
which  we  regret.  Below  is  the  original 
copy  lately  received  from  the  U.S. 
Mails. 

CHICAGO— A 3-11  fire  ravaged  the 
building  housing  J.  F.  Frantz  Manu- 
facturing Company,  producer  of  coin- 
operated  counter  amusement  games, 
early  Saturday  morning,  December  10, 
completely  devastating  equipment  and 
fixtures,  and  causing  a temporary  de- 
lay in  production  and  shipping.  John 
F.  Frantz,  president  and  general  man- 
ager, sadly  I’eported  that  the  destruc- 
tive fire,  which  started  in  a nearby 
building,  was  at  first  apparently 
brought  under  control  by  the  fire 
fighters. 


Frantz  Factory  Fire 

However,  undetected  smoldering 
embers  re-ignited  later  in  the  day 
completing  the  devastation.  Three  fire- 
men were  overcome  by  smoke  inhala- 
tion and  otherwise  injured  by  falling 
debris  during  the  struggle  to  contain 
the  blaze. 

In  a happier  note  Frantz,  who  had 
located  his  plant  in  the  burned  out 
structure  at  1940  West  Lake  Street 
in  Windy  City  since  early  in  1947,  ad- 
vised that  he  has  already  acquired  a 
suitable  building  nearby  at  2010  West 
Lake  Street.  His  new  headquarters 
covers  more  than  30,000  square  feet 
of  factory  space. 

Frantz  and  his  employees  are  rush- 
ing to  complete  an  early  removal  of 
usable  equipment.  Presently,  however, 
all  production  and  shipping  on  Fra’^tz 
coin-operated  counter  amusement 
games  has  been  suspended.  He  will 
shortly  announce  a resumption  of  ac- 
tivity in  his  factory  in  Cash  Box. 


South  Carolina  Op 
Wins  Pool  Case  In 
State  Supreme  Court 

COLUMBIA,  S.  C.  — The  State  Su- 
preme Court  of  South  Carolina  has 
found  in  an  operators’  favor  in  a case 
involving  taxation  of  coin  operated 
pool  tables. 

Presiding  Judge  John  Grimball  re- 
versed the  decision  of  a lower  court 
which  would  have  required  operator 
U.  G.  Bryant  and  Melody  Music  Co. 
to  pay  taxes  on  coin-operated  pool 
tables  located  at  a cafe  known  as 
Chris  and  Gene’s. 

The  Attorney  General  of  the  state, 
Daniel  McLeod,  had  coi^tended  that 
the  placing  of  the  tables  in  Chris  and 
Gene’s  made  it  “a  pool  hall”  under 
the  existing  state  tax  laws  and  was 
therefore  subject  to  taxation  under 
Sections  5-50i  (6)  and  5-513  of  the 
1962  Code  of  Laws.  The  appellants 
claimed  that  the  primary  busi-ess  of 
Chris  and  Gene’s  is  the  servinsr  of 
food  and  drink,  that  the  pool  tables 
are  simply  optional  amusement 
games,  and  that  therefore  they  were 
not  required  to  pay  anv  extra  taxes. 

Section  5-501  (1)  defines  a billiard 
room  or  a pocket  billiard  room  as, 
“Any  room,  hall,  huildi»ig  or  place 
kent  for  the  purpose  of  oner-ating 
billiard  or  pocket  billiard  tables  for 
the  nurpose  of  permitting  eames  to 
be  nlaved  thereon  for  profit.” 

Having  reversed  the  decision  of  the 
lower  court  on  the  grounds  stated,  the 
Court  said  it  was  “unnecessary  for 
us  to  consider  the  constitutional  ques- 
tion raised  by  the  anpellants.”  Bryant 
had  claimed  that  he  was  being  de- 
prived of  his  property  without  due 
process  of  law. 

The  appellant’s  case  was  handled  by 
Peter  Hyman,  a local  attorney,  who 
has  also  acted  as  counsel  for  the 
South  Carolina  Coin  Operators’  Asso- 
ciation. Complete  text  of  the  Court’s 
opinion  appears  on  Pages  54  and  55. 


No  A.T.E.  Next  Year, 
Says  Singleton:  Will 
Keep  To  Old  Schedule 


J.  SINGLBTON 
Secrefory-Genera/  Mgr. 


LONDON — John  Singleton,  secretary 
& general  manager  of  the  Amusement 
Caterers  Association,  has  announced 
that  after  much  consideration  it  has 
been  decided  that  the  Amusement 
Trades  Exhibition  will,  in  future,  re- 
vert to  the  old  timing  of  January. 

This  means  that  the  next  A.T.E. 
will  be  held  at  Alexandra  Palace  from 
16th  thru  18th  January  1968.  There 
will  be  no  A.T.E.  next  year. 

The  recent  changeover  to  Novem- 
ber was  experimental  and  although  it 
was  thought  it  would  give  manufac- 
turers more  time  to  meet  the  delivery 
date  for  orders  received  for  the  Eas- 
ter holidays  (the  start  of  the  coin  ma- 
chine rush)  jt  proved  otherwise. 

Operators  and  distributors  who  at- 
tended the  A.T.E.  were  less  willing 
than  usual  to  place  orders  so  far  in 
advance  of  the  season — hence  the  re- 
version to  the  January  date  in  1968. 


A Reoort  From  London 


New  Pence  Expensive  to  British  Ops 

In  an  effort  to  bait  the  fluctuation  of  its  currency,  and  to  make  things  simpler 
all  round.  Great  Britain  has  decided  to  switch  to  the  Decimal  Svstem  in  grad- 
intr  its  coinage.  This  means  the  disannearance  of  familiar  coins,  including  those 
used  by  British  coinmen,  who  will  have  to  retool.  They  are  not  happy  over  the 
prospect  and  this  Report  from  London  tells  why. 


Solid  State  SRO:  Runyon 

NEW  YORK — A class  on  Solid  State 
and  its  application  in  the  new  AMI 
MMl  Music  Merchant  Phonograph 
was  conducted  by  Art  Seglin  (Rowe’s 
field  service  engineer  in  the  Eastern 
Region)  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  14th  at 
the  New  York  office  of  the  Runyon 
Sales  Co. 

Those  who  attended  included:  Loy 
Wolberg,  Joel  Hochberg,  Sid  Gerber, 
Daniel  Cioffi,  James  Gough,  Ruben 
Figuero,  Bruch  Haber  and  Joe  Tilotta 
from  Runyon;  operators  and  their 
service  personnel  present  included: 
Hector  Colon,  Sam  Kramer,  Leo 
Rosenberg,  Neal  Rosenberg,  Max 
Krull,  Moe  Stein,  Karl  Williams,  Sam 
Lerner,  Phil  Kaplan,  Ralph  Schneider, 
Carmine  Abbatiello,  Irving  Meltzer, 
Roger  GetzofF,  Fred  Collav,  Jr.  and 
Fred  Collay,  Sr.,  Buddy  Dickerman, 
Henry  Schwartz,  Bernard  Stecker, 
Harry  Zall,  Murray  Wollman,  Sv  Ha- 
ber, Mike  Saperstein,  Raymond  Digio- 
vine,  Harold  Monroe,  John  Trapani, 
Bernard  Blum,  Robert  Weisbart,  Phil- 
lip Schwartz,  William  Goetz,  Herb 
Cook  and  Jerome  Levine. 


MOA's  Final  Score:  31 1 

CHICAGO — MOA  managing  director 
Fred  Granger  announced  last  week 
that  the  final  tally  in  the  MOA  mem- 
bership drive,  which  began  January  1 
and  closed  the  night  of  October  30th, 
is  three  hundred  eleven  — sixty-one 
over  the  original  quota  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty. 

“This  is  one  of  our  finest  achieve- 
ments,” said  Granger,  “and  it  dem- 
onstrates the  capacity  of  MOA  to  per- 
form; it  shows  our  ability  to  grow 
and  by  growing  extend  the  benefits  of 
MOA  membership  to  more  and  more 
operators.  Outstanding  jobs  were  done 
by  committee  chairmen,  co-chairmen 
and  individual  workers,  but  the  total 
performance  is,  I think,  one  of  the 
most  thrilling  events  ever  to  take 
place  in  the  industry.” 

Meanwhile,  president  James  Toli- 
sano  and  board  chairman  John  Wal- 
lace said  that  the  next  board  meeting 
will  take  place  in  Washington  D.C., 
probably  in  March.  Other  cities  were 
considered  as  meeting  sites,  thev  said, 
but  the  copyright  problem  finally  de- 
termined the  selection  of  Washington. 


LONDON — The  system  to  be  adopted 
when  Britain  swit<^hes  to  decimal 
coinage  in  1971  has  now  been  outlined 
in  a Government  White  Paper.  It  is 
based  on  the  £1  being  the  major  unit 
of  currency  divided  into  100  ‘new 
pennies’. 

Despite  pressure  from  many  ouar- 
ters  to  make  10/-  the  basic  unit  di- 
vided into  cents  the  Government 
White  Paper  states  that  the  practical 
advantages  of  retaining  the  .fil  ar’e 
decisive  and  are  not  based  primarily 
on  the  fact  that  the  £1  is  an  interna- 
tional currency.  There  will  be  six  new 
denominations  in  the  new  coinage  as 
follows: 


Denominations 

Value 

Metal 

Half  New  Penny 

1.2d 

Bronze 

One  New  Penny 

2.4d 

Bronze 

Two  New  Pence 

4.8d 

Bronze 

Five  New  Pence 

1/- 

Cunro-Nickel 

Ten  New  Pence 

2/- 

Cunro-Nickel 

Fifty  New  Pence 

10/- 

Metal  to  be 
announced 

The  ‘Fifty  New  Pence’  coin  will 
eventually  renlact  the  10/-  note.  The 
present  £1,  £5  and  £10  notes  will  stay 
in  use  but  the  half-crown,  sixpence, 
three-penny  piece,  the  nresent  nen- 
nies  and  half-pennies  will  go.  There 
will  be  a transitional  period  from 
February  1971  of  up  to  two  years 
during  which  both  the  new  and  old 
currencies  will  be  available  side  by 
side.  The  switch  will  mean  the  mint- 
ing of  nearly  9,000  million  decimal 
coins. 

It  will  also  mean  the  conversion  of 
between  two  and  three  million  busi- 
ness machines  and  about  the  same 
number  of  slot  machines  including 
telephone  coin  boxes,  gas  and  elec- 
tricity meters  etc. 

Members  of  the  coin  machine  in- 
dustry view  the  Government’s  pro- 


posals for  decimal  coinage  with  con- 
siderable regret.  Along  with  a num- 
ber of  other  business  organizations 
the  A.T.A.  plan  to  oppose  whole- 
heartedly the  adoption  of  the  £1 
rather  that  the  10/-  system.  The  main 
reasons  being  firstly  that  the  new 
half-penny  which  is  really  the  equiv- 
alent of  the  present  nenny  is  to  be 
ridiculously  small.  Although  new  ma- 
chines can  be  constructed  to  take  any 
size  coin  the  conversion  of  old  ma- 
chines will  be  very  difficult  indeed. 
If  the  10/-  method  had  been  adopted 
the  bigger  size  penny  would  be  in  op- 
eration. 

Secondly,  the  adoption  of  the  £I 
system  means  the  disappearance  of 
the  sixpenny  piece  now  much  used  in 
the  coin  machine  and  vending  indus- 
tries and  manufacturers  will  have  to 
bear  this  conversion  in  mind  when 
producing  new  machines.  The  10/- 
system  would  have  given  a 5(j  coin 
equivalent  to  the  6d,  thus  necessitat- 
ing only  two  bronze  coins  of  2(t  and 
1^.  With  the  £1  system  in  operation 
and  the  6d  deleted  three  bronze  coins 
will  be  needed. 

In  order  to  avoid  having  a large 
coin  for  the  highest  denomination  it 
will  be  necessary  to  have  a very  small 
coin  for  the  lowest  denomination. 
Under  the  10/-  system  the  new  penny 
equivalent  would  have  been  the  same 
size  as  the  proposed  2.4  new  penny 
(the  size  of  the  present  6d)  which 
would  simplify  conversion  of  old  ma- 
chines. Other  problems  involved  in- 
clude the  question  of  pay-outs  whic’n 
can  now  be  given  to  the  value  of  1/- 
in  cash-penny  machines  having  odds 
of  12-1. 

It  will  now  be  necessary  to  decide 
whether  the  odds  continue  at  12-1 
or  will  have  to  be  reduced  to  10-1 
necessitating  a revision  of  the  Gam- 
ing law's. 


Picture  Clear,  But  Names  Out  of  Focus 


Apologies  all  round.  The 
picture  at  right  taken  at 
the  A.T.E.  in  London  and 
printed  in  our  issue  of 
i7th  December  was  in- 
correctly captioned.  The 
personalities  from  left  to 
right  are:  Bill  O’Donnell 
(president  of  Bally  Man- 
ufacturing Co.) ; Cyril 
Shack  and  Michael  Green 
(directors  of  Phono- 
graphic Equipment  Dis- 
tributors Ltd.). 


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The  Complete  Text  of  the  Supreme 


THE  STATE  OF  SOUTH  CAROLINA 


In  The  Supreme  Court 


Melody  Music  Co.,  Inc.,  and  U.  G.  Bryant, 
individually  and  doing  business  as  Chris 

and  Gene’s  Appellants, 


V. 

Daniel  R.  McLeod,  Attorney  General  for  the 
State  of  South  Carolina,  0.  W.  Livingston, 

Robert  C.  Wasson,  Sam  N.  Burts,  J.  A.  Calhoun, 

Jr.  and  Walter  W.  Lewis,  constituting  the 
South  Carolina  Tax  Commission,  and  Sheppard 
Griffith,  Sheriff  of  Richland  County,  repre- 
senting law  enforcement  of  the  class, Respondents. 


Appeal  From  Richland  County 
John  Grimball,  Judge 


Opinion  No.  18583 
Filed  December  5,  1966 

REVERSED  AND  REMANDED 

Hyman  & Morgan,  of  Florence,  for  appellants. 

Attorney  General  Daniel  R.  McLeod,  Assistant  Attorney  General 
Joseph  C.  Coleman  and  Joseph  D.  Sapp,  all  of  Columbia,  for 
respondents. 


MOSS,  C.J.:  Melody  Music  Co.,  Inc. 
distributes  and  places  on  location  bil- 
liard or  pocket  billiard  tables,  meas- 
uring not  more  than  three  and  one- 
half  feet  in  width  and  seven  feet  in 
length,  in  service  stations,  grocery 
stores  or  other  places  in  which  the 
principal  business  is  something  other 
than  the  operation  of  billiard  or  pock- 
et billiard  tables.  One  of  these  tables 
is  located  and  operates  in  a restau- 
rant owned  by  U.  G.  Bryant,  who  op- 
ei'ates  a business  known  as  Chris  and 
Gene’s.  A license  for  the  operation  of 
this  table  was  granted  by  the  South 
Carolina  Tax  Commission  pursuant  to 
Section  5-665  of  the  Code. 

Melody  Music  Co.,  Inc.  and  U.  G. 
Bryant,  trading  as  aforesaid,  the  ap- 
pellants herein,  instituted  this  action 
under  the  “Uniform  Declaratory 
Judgments  Act”,  Sections  10-2001,  et 
seq.,  1962  Code  of  Laws,  against  the 
Attorney  General  of  the  State,  the 
South  Carolina  Tax  Commission  and 
the  Law  Enforcement  Officers  of  this 
State  as  a class,  the  respondents  here- 
in, seeking  an  injunction  pendente  life 
and  permantly  from  enforcing  Sec- 
tions 5-501  (6)  and  5-513  of  the  Code, 
asserting  that  such  statutes  have  no 
application  to  billiard  or  pocket  bil- 
liard tables  licensed  under  Section 
5-665  of  the  Code.  The  appellants  fur- 
ther contend  that  the  enforcement  of 
such  statutes  would  deny  them  the 
equal  protection  of  the  law  and  de- 
prive them  of  their  property  without 
due  process  of  law.  The  answer  of  the 
respondents  allege  the  applicability  of 
the  aforesaid  statutes  to  the  operation 
of  the  billiard  or  pocket  billiard  table 
either  owned  or  operated  by  the  ap- 
pellants. The  unconstitutionality  of 
the  statutes  was  also  denied. 

This  case  came  on  for  a hearing  be- 
fore the  Honorable  John  Grimball, 
presiding  judge,  upon  an  agreed  stip- 
ulation of  facts.  After  hearing  oral 
arguments  and  giving  consideration  to 
written  briefs  filed  by  the  parties,  an 
order  was  filed  in  which  it  was  held 
that  the  injunction  pendente  lite  pre- 
viously issued  be  dissolved  and  the 
complaint  of  the  appellants  was  dis- 
missed. In  the  order  the  trial  judge 
held  as  follows: 

“It  is  my  opinion  that  any  room, 
building  or  place  in  which  are  operat- 
ed for  profit  one  or  more  pool  tables, 
whether  such  tables  are  of  standard 
size  or  smaller,  is  a billiard  room 
within  the  meaning  of  Section  5-501, 
1962  Code,  and  that  such  places  are 
subject  to  all  requirements  of  Chapter 
6,  Title  5,  1962  Code,  except  the  tax 
rate  per  table  provided  in  Section 
5-665,  1962  Code,  for  billiard  tables 
measuring  not  more  than  three  and 
one-half  feet  by  seven  feet.” 

The  exceptions  of  the  appellants 
raise  two  questions.  (1)  Is  the  opera- 
tion of  a billiard  or  pocket  billiard 
table,  such  as  is  described  in  and  li- 
censed under  Section  5-665  of  the 
Code,  in  places  in  which  the  principal 
business  is  something  other  than  the 
operation  of  billiard  or  pocket  billiard 
(Confined  on  page  55) 


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Court  of  South  Carolina's  Pool  Table  Decision 


(Continued  from  page  54) 
tables,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
Sections  5-501  (6)  and  5-513,  such 
being  statutes  contained  in  Chapter  6 
of  the  Code;  and  (2)  Does  the  applica- 
tion of  the  provisions  of  Chapter  6, 
as  is  contained  in  Sections  5-501,  et 
seq.  of  the  Code,  to  the  appellants, 
deny  them  due  process  and  equal  pro- 
tection of  the  law  as  guaranteed  to 
them  by  the  Fourteenth  Amendment 
to  the  United  States  Constitution  and 
Art.  I,  Section  5,  of  the  1895  Con- 
stitution of  this  State. 

Sections  5-501  through  5-521,  Chap- 
ter 6 of  the  Code,  have  to  do  with  the 
licensing  of  and  the  regulations  per- 
taining to  the  operation  of  billiard 
rooms  or  pocket  billiard  rooms.  Sec- 
tion 5-665  of  Chapter  7,  of  the  Code, 
has  to  do  with  the  licensing  of  any 
billiard  or  pocket  billiard  table,  as 
such  is  described  in  said  section.  This 
section  contains  no  regulations  re- 
garding the  operation  of  any  billiard 
or  pocket  billiard  table  and  in  no  way 
refers  to  Chapter  6 of  the  Code  and 
the  regulations  therein  contained. 
However,  both  Chapter  6 and  Chapter 
7 of  the  Code  deal  with  the  licensing 
of  billiard  or  pocket  billiard  tables. 
Under  Section  5-519  of  the  Code,  the 
operator  of  a billiard  room  is  required 
to  pay  an  annual  license  tax  of  Twen- 
ty-five dollars  per  table  and,  under 
Section  5-665  of  the  Code,  every  per- 
son operating  any  billiard  or  pocket 
billiard  tables  of  the  description  there- 
in contained  is  required  to  pay  an  an- 
nual tax  of  ten  dollars  per  table. 

The  record  shows  that  the  appel- 
lants obtained  a license  to  operate  a 
pocket  billiard  table  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  Section  5-665  of  the 
Code,  which  provides: 

“Every  person  owning  or  maintain- 
ing any  place  of  business  or  other 
place  wherein  or  in  connection  with 
which  is  operated  or  located  any  bil- 
liard or  pocket  billiard  table  meas- 
uring not  more  than  three  and  one- 
half  feet  wide  and  seven  feet  long, 
whether  operated  by  a slot  or  other- 
wise, shall  apply  for  and  procure  from 
the  Commission  a license  for  the 
privilege  of  operating  such  billiard  or 
pocket  billiard  table  and  shall  pay  for 
such  license  a tax  of  ten  dollars  for 
each  billiard  or  pocket  billiard  table 
owned  or  operated  except  that  every 
person  operating  billiard  or  pocket 
billiard  tables  measuring  more  than 
three  and  one-half  feet  wide  and  sev- 
en feet  long,  whether  operated  by  slot 
or  otherwise,  shall  be  taxed  under  the 
provisions  of  Chapter  6 of  this  Title.” 

The  statutory  regulations  applica- 
ble to  billiard  rooms  and  pocket  bil- 
liard rooms  are  set  forth  in  Section 
5-501,  et  seq.  of  the  Code.  Section 
5-501  (1)  defines  a “billiard  room”  and 
“pocket  billiard  room”  as  “Any  room, 
hall,  building  or  place  kept  for  the 
purpose  of  operating  billiard  or  pock- 
et billiard  tables  for  the  purpose  of 
permitting  games  to  be  played  there- 
on for  profit.” 

It  is  stipulated  here  that  “the  pool 
tables  involved  are  operated  in  serv- 


ice stations,  groceries,  or  general 
stores,  or  other  places  in  which  the 
principal  businesses  of  the  establish- 
ments are  something  other  than  the 
operation  of  billiard  or  pool  tables.” 
The  principal  business  of  the  appel- 
lant Bryant  is  the  operation  of  a res- 
taurant, and  the  room  in  which  he 
operates  same  is  not  kept  for  the 
purpose  of  operating  billiard  or  pock- 
et billiard  tables  within  the  contem- 
plation of  the  provisions  set  forth  in 
Section  5-501,  et  seq.  of  the  Code.  It 
follows  that  the  room  in  which  the 
restaurant  was  operated  is  not  a bil- 
liard room  or  pocket  billiard  room 
and  Sections  5-501  (6)  and  5-513  are 
inapplicable  to  the  appellants,  not  be- 
cause the  tables  are  of  the  dimensions 
mentioned  in  Section  5-665  but  be- 
cause Bryant’s  business  is  other  than 
the  operation  of  a billiard  room.  The 
appellants  argue  that  they  are  not 
subject  to  the  regulations  contained 
in  Sections  5-501,  et  seq..  Chapter  6 
of  the  Code,  because  Section  5-665 
operates  as  a repeal  of  these  sections 
and  hence  such  are  not  applicable  to 
billiard  or  pocket  billiard  tables  de- 
scribed in  Section  5-665,  such  would 
be  a billiard  room  and  subject  to  the 


restrictive  provisions  contained  in 
Chapter  6 of  the  Code. 

It  is  our  conclusion  that  the  trial 
judge  was  in  error  in  holding  that 
Bryant’s  place  of  business,  because 
of  the  operation  therein  of  a billiard 
or  pocket  billiard  table,  as  such  is  de- 
scribed in  Section  5-665  of  the  Code, 
was  a billiard  room  within  the  mean- 
ing of  Sections  5-501,  et  seq.  of  the 
Code,  and  that  such  was  subject  to 
all  of  the  restrictions  and  regulations 
contained  in  said  sections. 

In  view  of  the  foregoing  conclusion 
it  is  unnecessary  for  us  to  consider 
the  constitutional  question  raised  by 
the  appellants. 

The  judgment  of  the  lower  court 
is  reversed  and  this  case  remanded 
thereto  so  that  a proper  order  not 
inconsistent  herewith  may  be  entered. 

Reversed  and  remanded. 

Lewis,  Bussey  and  Brailsford,  JJ., 
and  Lionel  K.  Legge,  A.A.J.,  concur. 

(Note  — Passages  in  this  text, 
deemed  by  the  editors  as  having  the 
greater  significance,  have  been  set  in 
bold  face  type  for  clarification  for 
those  readers  unfamiliar  with  the 
style  of  legal  documents.) 


Robert  L.  Richards 
Elected  Chief  Of  NCA; 

To  Take  Office  Soon 

CHICAGO — Robert  L.  Richards  has 
been  elected  president  of  the  National 
Confectioners  Association,  it  was  an- 
nounced last  week  by  Burr  Sifers,  the 
association’s  board  chairman. 

Action  on  Richards’  election  took 
place  at  the  Association’s  mid-year 
board  meeting,  December  7-9.  He  will 
assume  his  new  duties  soon. 

For  the  past  six  years,  Richards  has 
been  executive  administrator  of  the 
Illinois  State  Medical  Society.  Pre- 
viously, he  was  executive  director, 
American  Society  of  Internal  Medi- 
cine, San  Francisco,  which  has  46 
component  state  societies,  and  for  12 
years  before  that  Richards  was  asso- 
ciated with  the  Pennsylvania  Medical 
Society. 

Richards  is  chairman  of  the  Asso- 
ciation Committee  of  the  U.S.  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  has  a consider- 
able background  in  all  phases  of  busi- 
ness and  trade  association  programs 
as  well  as  organizational  problems. 

Long  active  in  civic  and  business 
activities,  Richards  is  a member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Associa- 
tion Executives  Forum  of  Chicago. 
He  is  a member  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Association  Executives,  the 
American  Management  Association 
and  Medical  Society  Executives  Asso- 
ciation. 

Richards  will  make  his  office  at  the 
association’s  headquarters,  36  South 
Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 


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THE  ANNUAL  MOAN  N GROAN — Big  city  as  well  as  country  operators 
^e  going  through  the  yearend  squeeze  these  days,  known  by  many  as  the 
Holiday  Giveaway  Bonanza.  The  crux  of  the  matter  is  that  little  holiday  tithe 
donated  to  location  owners,  their  wives,  kids,  cats,  dogs  etc.  which  most  ops 
teel  an  obligation,  for  one  reason  or  another,  to  do.  Well,  it  is  good  business 
t^o  show  the  location  owner  your  appreciation  by  putting  a little  honey  in  his 
beard  once  a year  After  all,  guys,  it  is  only  once  a year.  So  with  tongue  in 
check,  here  are  a few  last  minute  gift  suggestions  for  well-intentioned  opera- 
tors who  like  the  spots  they  operate  in  and  feel  the  same  way  about  the  guy 
who  owns  the  location:  an  adding  machine  for  the  location  owner  and  his  bar- 
tenders to  keep  an  “accurate”  count  on  the  coins  they  deposited  “shilling”  the 
machine  and  the  coins  the  phono  “grabbed  with  returning  any  music”;  a 
custom-made  cutolf  switch  that’ll  plunge  the  place  into  total  blackness  each 
time  the  bartender  pulls  the  plug  on  the  juke  to  turn  on  the  TV;  a year’s  sup- 
ply of  handkerchiefs  and  a copy  of  ‘Hearts  And  Flowers’  for  the  poor  guy  who 
d^pt  think  his  cut  of  your  collections  is  high  enough;  and  a set  of  folding 
chairs  which  the  location  might  break  out  when  the  customers  start  sitting  on 
your  shuffle  alley. 


DO  IT  AND  DO  IT  RIGHT — MONY’S  able  attorney  Teddy  Blatt  advised  last 
week  it  s quite  possible  that  many  location  contracts  have  been  signed  but 
been  filled  out  fully,  especially  the  terms  of  the  arbitration  clause. 

This  contract  took  us  a long  time  to  put  together,”  Blatt  said,  “and  it’s  as 
foolproof  as  they  come.  However,  we’ve  had  several  instances  where  an 
operator  comes  in  with  an  arbitration  matter  between  him  and  one  of  his 
locations  only  to  learn  he  made  inadequate  provision  when  the  contract  was 
originally  signed.  If  you’re  going  to  use  a contract,  use  it  right,”  the  counsellor 
advised.  . . . This  is  the  season  for  giving,  as  we  all  know,  so  please  don’t 
forget  the  Barney  Ross  Fund.  For  details,  call  Lou  Wolberg  down  at  Runyon 
Sales.  . . . Bronx  and  Manhattan  op  Sam  Morrison  says  he’s  finished  his 
Christmas  decorating — decorating  the  machines  with  Christmas  records,  that 
it.  The  holiday  disks  rake  in  their  fair  share  of  coins  and  it’s  just  a shame  the 
season  doesn’t  come  once  a month.  . . . Rentals  on  old  jukes  are  always  a 
source  of  extra  income  during  this  time  with  lots  of  folks  looking  for  some- 
1 thing  different  to  liven  up  a party. 


I ART’S  INTO  SOMETHIN’  GOOD — United  Billiards  prexy  Art  Daddis  is  so 
proud  of  his  tables  he’s  offering  an  unconditional  guarantee  on  all  mechanical 
parts  (with  the  exception  of  the  coin  rejector).  “I’ve  spent  a long  time  in  this 
business  of  table  operation,”  Daddis  said  last  week,  “and  I’ve  found  that 
mechanical  simplicity  founded  on  structural  durability  is  the  secret  to  con- 
tinued, trouble-free  operation.  Therefore,  I am  able  to  guarantee  the  mechanical 
works  of  these  United  tables,  and,  for  the  life  of  the  machine.”  . . . Johnny 
Kirkpatrick,  president  of  a firm  called  Kirk  Electronics  Mfg.  Co.  (located  in 
Orlando,  Fla.)  has  pioneered  and  is  now  selling  a taue  cartridge  stereo  wallbox 
and  hideway  combination.  He  calls  the  unit  the  ‘Kirk-O-Matic  Minute  Music 
System  and  advises  that  results  on  test  locations  after  two  years  have  estab- 
lished “almost  phenomenal  [income]  in  comparison  to  ordinary  juke  boxes  in 
similar  locations.”  The  increased  collections  are  due,  he  says,  to  the  fact  that 
the  Kirk-O-Matic  vends  one  minute  of  music  per  selection  as  opposed  to 
almost  three  from  standard  jukes.  “We  are  making  arrangements  with  national 
chain  drug  stores  and  restaurants  for  operator/owned  installations  on  a 
national  basis.  We  are  convinced  that  in  securing  locations  in  this  manner, 
operators  will  have  no  trouble  in  installing  the  equipment  as  fast  as  the 
arrangements  are  made  by  us.”  (Johnny,  incidentally,  is  the  former  owner  of 
the  Florida  Music  Company,  a juke  and  games  route  in  central  Florida.) 

HERE  AND  THERE — Picks  o’  the  week  from  the  lads  at  Tarantelli  Enter- 
I prises  (Syracuse  one-stop)  cite  Ray  Conniff’s  rendition  of  ‘Mame’  on  Columbia 
I and  ‘Ev’ry  Street’s  A Boulevard’  by  the  great  Frankie  Laine  on  ABC 
I Paramount.  Tommy’s  “Watch  This  One”  for  operators  is  Debbie  Meil’s  ‘Forever 
; Yours’  on  RCA  Victor.  . . . The  lads  at  Musical  Moments  operation  say  two 
I tunes  are  makin’  hay  for  big  city  operators:  ‘Hey  Leroy,  Your  Mama’s  Calling 
I You’  by  Jimmy  Castor  on  Smash  and  ‘Oh  Yeah’  by  the  Joe  Cuba  Sextet  on  Tico 
‘ Records. 


' A WORD  TO  THE  WISE — The  Cash  Box  Classified  Section  has  served  as  an 
: active  and  reliable  market  place  for  the  exchange  of  used  coin  equipment  and 
phono  records  for  many  years.  Providing  the  trade  with  firm  names  and  lists  of 
available  equipment  either  for  sale  or  to  buy  is  its  job  and  it  does  it  well. 
Therefore,  we  must  urge  all  of  our  readers  to  notify  us  immediately  of  any 
complaints  they  might  have  after  doing  business  with  one  of  our  classified 
accounts.  One  such  complaint  came  in  last  week  and  it  is  obviously  not  in  our 
interest  to  be  a tool  for  any  charlatan  business.  . . . Harold  Kaufman’s  recon- 
ditioning Dept,  (out  at  Musical  Distributors  in  Bklyn.)  doing  first-class  work, 
. say  some  customers  we  ran  into  last  week.  They  process  one  of  the  largest 
volumes  of  used  machines  in  the  city.  Add  these  to  the  Wurlitzer  and  ChiCoin 
lines  and  it’s  easy  to  understand  why  it’s  so  hard  to  get  Harold  on  the  phone. 
. . . Old  buddy  Nate  Sugerman  building  a solid  business  in  mutual  funds  and 
securities  sales  out  of  his  home  in  Maplewood,  N.J.  The  former  Runyon  Sales 
comptroller  calls  his  firm  Nathan  Andrew  Associates  and  numbers  many  mem- 
bers of  this  trade  among  his  customers.  . . . Wometco  Enterprises,  one  of  the 
nation’s  largest  vending  operations,  has  diversified  some  of  its  funds  into  the 
motion  picture  business.  We  can’t  wait  to  see  promo  director  Gerry  Whaley  on 
the  silver  screen.  . . . Rowe’s  own  silver  screener,  the  Phono-Vue,  due  to  hit 
heavy  on  the  distributor  network  round  about  February,  will  be  sporting  many 
of  the  most  colorful  new  films  on  the  audio-viz  scene  today.  Marketing  chief 
Fred  Poliak’s  been  directing  some  of  his  attention  to  this  end.  . . . Active 
Amusement’s  Joe  Ash  patiently  waiting  for  Gottlieb’s  spanking  new  ‘King  Of 
Diamonds’  single-player  pin,  due  in  his  showrooms  by  Jan.  10th.  Joe’s  already 
taken  a deck  of  orders  for  the  new  pin  and  looks  forward  to  biggest  year  yet 
with  the  line.  New  Year’s  wishes  go  out  to  Philly  ops  and  the  rest  of  the  trade 
from  the  Active  prexy,  sales  execs  Marty  Brownstein  and  Frank  Ash  and  parts 
specialist  Morris  Schein.  . . . Tommy  Greco’s  back  from  a few  days’  stay  in 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  visiting  with  old  friend  Johnny  Rowell.  Tom  did  it  the  hard 
way — down  and  back  by  car.  A better  man  than  I!  . . . Members  of  the  West- 
chester Operators  Guild,  their  employees  and  wives  enjoyed  their  annual 
Christmas  party  at  the  Tappan  Hill  Restaurant  in  Tarry  town,  N.Y.,  on  Wed. 
Dec.  14th.  “Needless  to  say,  a gala  evening  was  enjoyed  by  all,”  says  associa- 
tion secretary  Seymour  Poliak P.S.  Best  wishes  for  a prosperous  ’67  from 

all  of  us  here  at  Cash  Box  to  all  of  you  out  there. 


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SO  another  year  goes  by  the  boards.  It  was  a good  year  in  all  phases  of 
combiz— -and,  it  was  a fruitful  year,  spurred  on  by  the  greatly  accelerated 
burgeoning  of  the  young  audio-visual  machines  typified  by  Scopitone — its  hefty 
inroads  in  the  coin  machine  business  during  ’66;  the  actual  re-birth  of  the 
exciting  Color-Sonics  machine;  Rowe-AMI’s  introduction  of  the  “Phono- Vue” 
audio-visual  adaptor  premiered  jointly  with  the  “Music  Merchant”  phonograph 
and  the  dollar  bill  acceptor;  and  Dave  Rosen’s  “Cinejukebox,”  and  its  result- 
ant great  resurgence  this  year.  Obviously,  we  haven’t  heard  the  last  from 
the  audio-visual  area  where  other  announcements  are  concerned  during  the 
coming  months.  . . . Most  everyone  we  queried  these  last  few  weeks  in  1966 
expressed  confidence  that  1967  shows  great  promise  of  being  another  banner 
year  in  all  phases  of  coinbiz. 

Last  Tuesday  morning,  December  20,  we  dashed  out  to  the  Flying  Carpet 
Motel  just  near  O’Hare  Field  where  Rowe  AC  Mfg.  Corp.  executives  con- 
vened with  midwestern  distributors  to  present  the  exciting’,  new  model  212 
(Rowe)  coffee  vending  machine.  The  fine  presentation  was  made  by  Joe  Bar- 
ton, national  sales  manager;  Robert  Martin  and  Tom  Fenton,  of  the  Sales 
Training-Development  Dept.,  of  which  Martin  is  manager.  Also  representing 
the  factory  were  Rowe  AC  Prexy  Jack  Harper,  Dick  Mueller,  Paul  Huebsch, 
Phil  Glover  and  Gordon  Winfield.  . . . Among  the  distributors  on  hand  were: 
For  Atlas  Music  Co.,  Chicago,  Eddie  Ginsburg,  Sam  Gersh,  Bill  Phillips,  Bob 
Fabian,  Chuck  Harper  and  Stan  Levin.  . . . From  Milwaukee  and  Pioneer  Sales 
& Services  came:  Joel  Kleiman,  Dan  Karolzik,  and  Jerry  Groll.  . . . Harry 
Silverberg,  of  W.  B.  Music  in  Kansas  City,  came  in  with  general  manager 
Jerry  Becker  (better  lose  that  excess  weight,  Jerry!),  and  Jim  Jackson.  . . . 
Pete  Entringer’s  Advance  Distributing  group  from  St.  Louis,  Mo.  included: 
Hank  Sheafer,  Elmer  Jansen,  and  Roger  Price.  . . . Kenny  Glenn,  of  K.  C. 
Sales  & Services  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  came  in  solo  for  the  session.  . . . Also 
on  hand  was  A.  E.  (Art)  Frey,  of  Everpure,  Inc.,  who  provides  water  treat- 
ment equipment  to  Rowe  AC  Mfg.  Corp.  for  their  coffee  machines.  . . . As 
usual,  the  irrepressible  photog,  Joe  P.  Gino,  was  on  hand  to  record  the  day’s 
activities  in  pictures.  . . . Daniel  P.  (Handsome  Dan)  Collins,  ex-Seeburg  vice 
prexy,  and  presently  manager  of  distributor  relations  for  RCA-Victor’s  Record 
Division,  extends  best  season’s  greetings  to  his  great  host  of  friends  from  his 
new  diggin’s  in  Manhattan  in  an  appropriately  tinseled  and  illustrated  Christ- 
mas card.  . . . Williams  Electronic  Mfg.  Corp.  is  the  scene,  Friday,  December 
23,  for  the  annual  gala  Christmas  party,  traditional  every  year,  which  is  easily 
the  one  big  gathering  in  coinbiz  in  Windy  City.  Most  of  us  always  look  forward 
to  greeting  and  meeting  old  friends  during  this  heavily  attended  bash.  Among 
the  Williams  hosts  on  the  so-called  receiving  line  (the  long  bar!)  are:  Prexy  and 
general  manager  Sam  Stern,  Herb  Oettinger,  Buddy  Lurie,  Jack  Mittel,  Billy 
DeSelm,  Hank  Dabek,  my  favorite  telephone  gal  LaVerne,  and  so  many,  many 
more.  . . . We  also  expect  to  encounter  such  Seeburg  executives  as  Louis  J. 
Nicastro,  William  (Bill)  Adair,  Frank  (Santa!)  Luppino,  Edward  Claffey, 
Stanley  Jarocki,  Bill  Prutting,  Joe  Hards,  among  others.  . . . We  extend  sea- 
son’s greetings  to  Dvnaball  (Company’s  Sam  and  Frances  Berger  and  Dusty 
Hohbein.  . . . Ditto  to  Paul  and  Rosemary  Huebsch  and  all  the  little  Huebsches. 

. . . Art  and  Kay  Weinand  and  family.  . . . Sorry  we  had  to  miss  the  exciting 
Christmas  party  at  Fischer  Mfg.  Co.,  where  hosts  were  Ewald  and  Margaret 
Fischer.  Frank  and  Mary  Ann  Schroeder,  and  Mr.  & Mrs.  Marve  Mertes,  and 
the  staff  of  employees.  . . . Lest  we  forget:  DuKane  Corp.’s  Joe  Lyons  and 
Jim  Davis.  . . . Heartiest  best  wishes  for  the  New  Year  to  Harry  and  Rose 
Silverberg,  and  Mr.  & Mrs.  Jerry  Becker,  of  W.  B.  Music  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
. . . The  hearty  returnee  from  Viet  Nam,  where  he  headed  a USO  touring 
company,  Sig  Sakowicz  and  his  family.  . . . We  received  a lovely  Christmas 
card  from  the  gang  at  Kay  Musical  Instrument  Co.,  and  extend  sincerest 
Christmas  and  New  Year  greetings  to  Bob  Keyworth,  Joe  Scherl,  Sy  Teitel- 
baum.  Bob  Lynch  and  Lou  Acerra.  . . . Another  year  of  enjoying  the  wonder- 
ful presence  of  the  Wonderful  Leverones — Mr.  & Mrs.  Nathaniel  Leverone, 
founder-chairmen  of  Canteen  Corporation  (long  may  they  prosper!).  ...  To 
all  our  friends  at  MOA  — ICMOA  — NAMA  — COIN  — and  all  the  other 
statewide  associations  too  numerous  to  mention  here.  . . . An  especial  greet- 
ing to  Jim  Tolisano,  the  new  president  of  MOA,  our  best  wishes  for  a very 
fruitful  tenure  in  1967,  and  the  hopes  that  he  can  continue  to  accelerate  the 
kind  of  positive  action  in  the  association  that  was  greatly  spearheaded  by 
dynamic  John  A.  (Red)  Wallace  in  1966.  As  for  Fred  Granger — MOA’s  re- 
sourceful executive  vice  president  and  managing  director — we  feel  certain 
that  everyone  in  coinbiz  is  thrilled  that  he’s  on  hand  with  his  ‘Gal  Friday,’ 
Bonnie  York,  and  their  presence  is  indeed  felt  all  the  year  long.  . . . We’d 
like  to  name  all  our  wonderful  friends  in  the  coin  machine  and  vending  indus- 
tries in  this  limited  space,  but  it  just  isn’t  possible.  WE  TAKE  THIS  OPPOR- 
TUNITY TO  WISH  ONE  AND  ALL  A VERY  HAPPY,  HEALTHFUL  AND 
PROSPEROUS  NEW  YEAR!!! 


★ ★ ★ 

Milwaukee  Mentions 

A worthwhile  resolution  for  the  New  Year  from  the  Wisconsin  operators 
should  certainly  be  to  concentrate  heavily  (we  should  say  more  heavily!)  on 
a resurgence  of  association  activity  in  the  statewide  Wisconsin  Music  Mer- 
chants Association,  and  in  the  Milwaukee  Coin  Machine  Operators  Association. 
A handful  of  dedicated  operators  is,  as  always,  striving  mightily  towards  this 
thus  far  elusive  goal.  They  certainly  need  the  support  of  EVERYONE  to  suc- 
ceed in  this  vital  endeavor.  We  URGE  ALL  Wisconsin  and  Milwaukee  coinmen 
(and  that  includes  the  distributor  personnel)  to  climb  aboard  the  bandwagon 
. . . Pioneer  Sales  & Services’  Joel  Kleiman,  Dan  Karolzik  and  Jerry  Groll  were 
in  the  Flying  Carpet  Motel,  near  O’Hare  Field,  for  the  Rowe  AC  Mfg.  presen- 
tation to  regional  distributors  of  the  exciting,  new  Rowe  model  212  coffee 
machine.  The  presentation  was  very  ably  made  by  Rowe  AC’s  national  sales 
manager  Joe  Barton,  Bob  Martin  and  Tom  Fenton.  Also  on  hand  for  the  fac- 
tory were  Prexy  Jack  Harper,  Dick  Mueller,  Paul  Huebsch,  Phil  Glover  and 
Gordon  Winfield  . . . Another  distrib  head  in  attendance  at  the  Rowe  session 
was  Kenny  Glenn,  of  K.  C.  Sales  & Services,  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota  . . . We’re 
happy  to  say  that  Bob  and  Bev  Rondeau,  and  all  the  little  Rondeaus,  are  NOT 
snowed  in  for  a change.  However,  we  get  the  impression  from  the  Little 
Rondeaus  that  some  snow  is  (shall  we  say)  desirable  for  Christmas  Day  . . . 
When  we  headed  out  to  Cream  City  last  weekend  we  noted  that  the  only  thing 
on  most  of  the  coinfolk  minds  was  the  holidays,  and  all  the  plans  to  make 
it  a happy  holiday  season  . . . Nate  Victor  and  his  staff  were  busy  setting  plans 
for  a bit  of  Christmas  festivity  over  at  S.  L.  London  Music  Co.  . . . When  we 
swung  over  to  United,  Inc.  there  was  no  question  that  all  the  halls  were  decked 
with  holly  . . . HAPPY  NEW  YEAR! 


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Dean  Martin  (Reprise  538) 

GOODNIGHT  MY  LOVE 

Happenings  (B.  T.  Puppy  523) 

THAT'S  LIFE 

Frank  Sinatra  (Reprise  531) 

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MAME 

Herb  Alpert  (A  & M 823) 

TIME  AFTER  TIME 

Chris  Montez  (A  & M 822) 

COMING  HOME  SOLDIER 

Bobby  Vinton  (Epic  10090) 

SUGAR  TOWN 

Nancy  Sinatra  (Reprise  527) 


COLOR  MY  WORLD 

Petula  Clark  (Warner  Bros.  5882) 

WISH  YOU  WERE  HERE,  BUDDY 

Pat  Boone  (Dot  16833) 

THE  WHEEL  OF  HURT 

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Joe  Cuba  (Tico  475) 

WACK  WACK 

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WORDS  OF  LOVE 

Mamas  & Papas  (Dunhill  4057) 

EGGPLANT  THAT  ATE  CHICAGO 

Dr.  West's  Junk  Band  (Go-Go  100) 

I'M  A BELIEVER 

Monkees  (Colgems  1002) 

MAMA 

Cher  (Imperial  66223) 

SHADOW  OF  YOUR  SMILE 

Boots  Randolph  (Monument  976) 

LOOK  WHAT  YOU'VE  DONE 

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YOU'RE  ALL  I WANT  FOR  CHRISTMAS 

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Breither— 35  Years  of  Service 


Bob  Breither,  right, 
vire  president,  vending 
sales,  is  congratulated 
by  Seeburg  Sales  Corpo- 
ration president  William 
F.  Adair  and  presented 
with  gold  cuff  links  sig- 
nifying 35  years  of  serv- 
ice with  the  Chicago 
firm.  Breither,  always 
one  to  set  the  record 
straight,  pointed  out 
that  service  with  firms 
subsequently  acquired  by 
Seeburg  brought  about 
the  35  year  total. 


Would  You  Believe? 


Rudd-Melikian:  Sales  Up  531% 


WARMINSTER,  PA.  — Rudd-Meli- 
kian, Inc.  reported  here  this  week  a 
sharp  increase  in  fiscal  1966  net  in- 
come and  sales. 

A major  importer  and  roaster  of 
coffees  and  prime  manufacturer  of 
automatic  coffee  brewing  equipment, 
the  firm  had  net  sales  of  $7,019,251 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  May  27, 
1966.  This  is  an  increase  of  $1,546,813 
or  28%  over  the  previous  year’s  total 
of  $5,472,438. 

Net  income  was  $146,635  for  a 
531%  increase  over  the  1965  fiscal 
year  total  of  $27,594.  Outstandi'^g 
shares  for  both  years  were  689,964. 
Earnings  per  share  for  this  past  year 
were  21^  up  from  4c  for  the  prior 
year. 

Net  income  reported  is  after  a pro- 
vision for  deferred  Federal  income 
taxes  of  $155,000. 

In  a letter  to  shareowners,  manage- 
ment reports  that  “this  improvement 
reflects  the  results  of  our  emphasis, 
particularly  during  the  past  three 
years,  on  the  nroduct  lines — coffee  and 
coffee  brewing  equipment — which 
have  traditionally  earned  for  the  com- 
pany the  best  return  on  its  invest- 
ment and  effort.” 

“Being  in  both  the  coffee  roasting 
business  and  coffee  brewing  eauin- 
ment  manufacturing  business  affords 
us  the  unique  opportunity  of  pursuing 
the  development  of  new  products  with 
the  combined  approach  of  highly- 
skilled  food  technologists  and  profes- 
sional electro-mechanical  engineers.” 

“In  coffee  products,  in  addition  to 
our  unique  portion  package  of  ground 
coffee  in  filter-tape,  we  are  now  pre- 
paring our  “Old  Mill”  brand  in  bulk 
packages  to  facilitate  expansion  of 
this  business  further  into  the  vending 
and  institutional  fields.” 

“In  coffee  equipment  we  are  now 
manufacturing  four  different  size 
units  to  fill  the  major  needs  of  the 
on-the-job  coffee-break  market,  from 
the  small  office  to  the  large  industrial 
plant.” 

In  keeping  with  our  market  and 
profit  objectives,  it’s  significant  to 
note  that  a recently  published  author- 
itative study  in  demonstrating  the 
popularity  of  coffee  today  in  the 
United  States,  points  out  that  our 
nation  drinks  three  times  more  coffee 
than  soft  drinks.” 

“In  addition  to  our  primary  and 
proprietary  products — coffee  and  cof- 
fee brewing  equipment — we  are  con- 
stantly evaluating  the  ever  changing 
market  so  that  we  may  maintain  our 
cc.ripst-rlvs  posture.” 

“We  believe  that  the  men  and 
v v.  .er.  who  work  for  this  company 
i s t s of  our  greatest  assets.  During 
year,  and  subsequent  to  its 
. ' k " k'O'  ; our  Management  has  been 
strengthened  with  the  elec- 


tion of  two  new  officers.  Frank  X 
McCoy  and  John  A.  O’Hea,  who  both 
have  had  exemplary  careers  in  mar- 
keting and  sales  management,  were 
elected  vice  presidents.” 

“With  the  company  entering  its 
third  decade  of  service.  Management 
gratefully  acknowledges  the  vital  role 
played  during  the  past  20  years  by  all 
of  our  employees,  customers,  sup- 
pliers, directors  and  shareholders. 
While  the  years  ahead  will  require 
careful  and  constant  appraisal  of  our 
cooperative  objectives,  we  are  confi- 
dent that  our  recent  achievements  will 
provide  a basis  for  a productive 
future.” 


186  New  Vending  Firms 
Joined  NAMA  In  1966 

CHICAGO — A total  of  186  companies 
joined  the  National  Automatic  Mer- 
chandising Association  during  a na- 
tionwide 30th  anniversary  year  cam- 
paign which  began  in  August,  accord- 
ing to  W.  J.  Manning,  Jr.,  president. 

'The  drive,  which  continues  until  the 
end  of  the  year,  has  already  brought 
the  total  membership  of  NAMA  to 
1,675  firms,  compared  with  1,550  at 
the  beginning  of  1966.  The  totals  do 
not  include  some  530  local  branch 
operations  of  national  and  regional 
firms. 

During  the  current  appeal  for  new 
members,  167  operating  companies,  16 
suppliers  and  3 machine  manufacturer 
firms  became  members  of  the  associa- 
tion, Manning  said. 

As  of  December  1,  the  association 
had  1,424  operating  company  mem- 
bers, 201  supplier  members  and  50 
machine  manufacturer  members. 

“We  are  indebted  to  the  team  of 
volunteers  working  under  membership 
chairman  J.  Richard  Howard  for  this 
substantial  increase,”  Manning  said. 
“Many  operator  members,  and  espe- 
cially the  sales  representatives  of  our 
manufacturers  and  suppliers,  have 
made  the  contacts  with  new  members 
which  made  this  good  showing  pos- 
sible.” 

“I  now  appeal  to  all  vending  opera- 
tors who  have  thought  about  joining 
NAMA,  but  haven’t  been  contacted, 
to  let  us  know  they’re  interested.  The 
entire  industry  benefits  from  a 
stronger  national  association,  but  so 
does  every  operator  of  vending  equip- 
ment,” Manning  stressed. 

He  said  the  1966  appeal  brought 
several  of  the  larger  nonmember  op- 
erating firms  into  NAMA. 

California  registered  the  largest  in- 
crease in  members  (21),  followed  by 
! Illinois,  Indiana,  Michigan,  New  York, 
^ Ohio,  and  Wisconsin. 


TWO  DOWN,  AND  ONE  MORE  'TO  GO.  . . . With  Thanksgiving  and 
Christmas  behind  us,  everyone  is  getting  ready  to  batten  down  the  hatches, 
in  preparation  for  the  final  siege — New  Years!  We  are  not  knocking  these 
great  institutions,  it’s  just  that  we  have  already  gained  6 pounds,  and  we 
need  a breather!  All  in  all,  as  we  reflect  on  what  has  happened  in  the  past 
year,  things  have  not  gone  too  badly.  If  during  the  year  things  have  been  a 
little  slow,  the  month  of  December  has  more  than  made  up  for  the  other 
eleven.  We  are  looking  forward,  as  we  hope  everyone  else  is,  to  the  coming 
new  year  being  bigger  and  better  than  ever.  We  are  in  the  spirit  of  67! 

NATE  HOCKMAN  JOINS  FORCES  WITH  WURLITZER.  . . . Nat, 
formerly  with  Struve  Distributing,  and  of  late.  Advance  Automatic,  has  joined 
the  Wurlitzer  family  as  their  New  England  representative.  We  are  very  sorry 
to  see  him  leave,  but  we  wish  him  well  in  his  new  position.  Glad  to  hear  that 
Clayton  Ballard’s  daughter  and  son-in-law,  Lt.  & Mrs.  William  Hofmann, 
managed  to  get  here  for  the  holidays,  despite  some  car  trouble.  Bob  Collyer 
touring  the  San  Diego  area,  while  Johnny  Morrison  is  covering  the  San 
Bernardino  territory. 

OPEN  HOUSE  FOR  ONE  AND  ALL.  . . . The  “holiday  spirit”  is  very 
much  in  evidence  at  C.  A.  Robinson  Co.  The  open  house  will  last  thru  the  rest 
of  the  week,  with  invites  going  out  to  all  operators  and — competitors,  for 
that  matter.  A1  Bettleman  is  proving  to  be  an  affable  bartender  and  dispenser 
of  good  cheer.  Hank  Tronick  says  that  the  open  house  is  serving  another 
purpose,  besides  the  obvious  one  of  getting  people  into  the  store.  By  the 
time  you  read  this  he  hopes  to  have  a brand  new  model  of  pool  table  on  the 
showroom  floor.  Hank  wouldn’t  disclose  the  brand  name,  he  said  that  we,  like 
everyone  else  on  Pico  Blvd.,  would  have  to  come  in  and  see  for  ourselves.  We 
hear  that  Alan  Anderson,  veteran  operator  from  Shafter,  was  in  visiting  long 
time  buddy,  Charlie  Robinson.  Hank  told  us  that  since  we  last  spoke,  his 
son  Mike  won  another  award.  Mike  who  attends  Van  Nuys  High  School,  was 
selected  as  senior  of  the  year  and  presented  with  an  award  by  the  Veterans  of 
Foreign  Wars  award. 

FROM  THE  RECORD  RACKS.  . . . The  Solle  sisters  at  Luenhagen  tell  us  that 
they  received  a call  from  C&W  recording  artist.  Hank  Penny,  and  he  says  that 
as  soon  as  he  finishes  recording,  he  will  bring  the  record  in  for  the  girls 
to  hear.  The  “monster”  of  the  week  over  there  seems  to  be  “Tell  It  Like  It 
Is”  by  Aaron  Neville  on  Parlow.  . . . From  California  Music,  Buddy  Robinson 
tells  us  that  “Snoopy  V.S.  the  Red  Baron”  is  still  taking  pot  shots  at  the 
Morkees,  who  are  still  riding  high  on  the  charts  with  “I’m  A Believer”  and 
“I’m  Not  Your  Stepping  Stone.”  Many  record  stores  have  told  us  that  people 
who  have  not  been  in  a record  store  in  years,  are  coming  in  specifically  to 
buy  both  Snoopy  and  the  Monkees.  In  the  album  department  the  Monkees  are 
still  to  pbut  “Got  Live  If  You  Want  It”  by  the  Rolling  Stones  on  London,  is 
moving  up  fast. 

HERE  AND  THERE.  . . . Out  of  Circle  International  we  get  the  info  that 
Dean  McMurdie  spent  a few  days  in  San  Diego,  while  at  the  same  time 
Don  Edwards  was  touring  Las  Vegas.  At  present  Ken  Smith  is  in  Long  Beach 
calling  on  ops.  Also  hear  that  they  are  eagerly  awaiting  another  shipment  of 
the  Rowe  AMI  “Music  Merchant.”  . . . Sorry  to  hear  that  Bob  Portale  of 
Advance  Automatic  was  a bit  under  the  weather  for  a few  days.  While  he  was 
out,  Frank  Mencuri  did  a fine  job  of  holding  down  the  fort.  . . . Marvin  Miller 
was  very  pleased  to  report  that  Coin  Machine  Service  just  received  their  first 
shipment  of  the  Federal  line  machines  and  that  the  response  has  been  very 
good.  For  the  man  that  has  everything — ivory  que  balls.  Marvin  says  that 
he  sold  some  of  these  to  a friend  of  Joey  Bishop’s  for  a birthday  present  for 
Joey.  We  are  also  told  that  they  received  a huge  shipment  of  the  new  All-Tech 
pool  tables. 


Upper  Mid-West  Musings 


Cap  Keister,  in  town  for  the  day  making  the  rounds  and  buying  records  and 
parts.  . . . Mr.  & Mrs.  Lawrence  Sanford,  in  town  for  the  day  picking  up  parts 
and  records.  . . . Lawrence  Sieg,  Eau  Claire,  in  the  cities  on  a buying  trip.  . . . 
George  Wohler,  Stillwater,  in  town  for  the  day  and  let  it  be  known  that 
he  was  elected  as  a council  man  . . . Jim  Stansfield  Jr.  in  town  for  the  day.  . . . 
Arnold  Brevik,  Watertown,  in  the  cities  for  the  day  making  the  rounds  and 
buying  parts  and  records.  . . . Don  Hazelwood  in  the  cities  for  the  day.  Don’s 
son,  who  is  in  the  Air  Force,  and  has  flown'his  quota  of  missions  in  Viet  Nam, 
is  on  his  way  home  and  will  be  home  in  time  for  Christmas.  . . . Our  deepest 
sympathy  to  Roy  Foster  on  the  suddent  death  of  his  wife.  . . . Ernest  Woytos- 
sek  and  his  son  in  town  for  the  day  on  a buying  trip.  . . . Mr.  & Mrs.  Gordon 
Runnberg  in  the  cities  for  the  day  as  was  Eddie  Kubes  of  New  Prague.  . . . 
Mr  & Mrs.  Jack  Backus  in  town  for  a few  days  vacation.  . . . Phil  Moss,  Des 
Moines,  in  town  for  a few  hours.  Flew  up  in  his  own  plane  in  an  hour.  . . . 
Mr.  & Mrs.  Clayton  Norberg  and  their  two  children  leave  for  Hawaii  Wednes- 
day 22nd.  for  a three  week  vacation.  They  will  have  a wonderful  reunion  with 
their  two  daughters  that  are  going  to  school  there.  . . . Clem  Kaul  in  the 
cities  for  the  day  picking  up  parts  and  records.  . . . Mr.  & Mrs.  Ed  Petek,  in 
town  for  a few  days  vacation.  . . . Ritchie  Hawkins  in  town  for  the  day  buying 
records  and  parts. 

★ ★ ★ 


Happy  Birthday  This  Week  To: 

Forest  J.  Hiser,  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana.  . . . Frank  P.  Feigl,  Chicago,  Illinois. 
. . . Robert  Breither,  Chicago,  Illinois.  . . . Arthur  E.  Davis,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
. . . T.  R.  Noto,  Navasota,  'Texas.  . . . Joe  Robbins,  Chicago,  Illinois.  . . . 
Maxine  Robinson  Meale,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  . . . Elmer  F.  Benjamin,  Santa 
Monica,  Calif.  . . . Howard  A.  Herman,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.Y.  . . . John  W.  Oomens, 
Glenview,  Illinois.  . . . James  M.  Browning,  Dallas,  Texas.  . . . Robert  Portall, 
San  Francisco,  California.  . . . Bert  B.  Davidson,  No.  Tonawanda,  N.Y.  . . . 
Sol  Schwartz,  Los  Angeles,  California.  . . . Wm.  A.  Thompson,  Long  Beach, 
Calif.  . . . Herman  C.  Creswell,  Jr.,  Milan,  Tenn.  . . .Myrtle  H.  Singley,  Shreve- 
port, Louisiana. 


Cash  Box— -December  31,  1966 


UMC:  Forty  Yea  rs 
In  The  Vending  Line 

ST.  LOUIS  — UMC  -Industries,  Inc. 
(formerly  Universal  Match  Corpora- 
tion) has  been  closely  associated  with 
the  automatic  merchandising-  industry 
since  the  mid-1920s. 

At  that  time,  UMC — a small  com- 
pany producing  only  match  books — 
saw  the  important  part  matches  could 
play  in  the  sale  of  cigarettes  from 
machines,  which  at  the  time  was  it- 
self a small  field.  In  close  association 
■with  operators  of  the  machines,  UMC 
worked  to  make  match  books  an  ef- 
fective part  of  machine  merchandis- 
ing of  cigarettes.  Through  the  years, 
the  company  has  pioneered  in  many 
improvements  in  match  book  design 
and  packaging,  for  more  efficient  and 
effective  use  in  vending. 

In  the  mid-1950s,  when  UMC  was 
ready  to  undertake  a major  expan- 
sion program,  vending  was  regarded 
as  a natural  area  to  explore.  The 
firm  began  looking  for  manufacturers 
with  strong  records  of  leadership. 

In  1956,  UMC  bought  its  St.  Louis 
neighbor.  National  Vendors,  the 
world’s  largest  manufacturer  of  ciga- 
rette and  candy  machines,  and  an  im- 
portant producer  of  other  vending 
machines — which  then  set  and  con- 
tinue to  set  industry  standards  for 
quality  and  performance. 

The  same  year,  UMC  acquired  a 
substantial  interest  in  another  St. 
Louis  firm.  National  Rejectors,  Inc. 
This  company  is  the  world’s  largest 
producer  of  money  validating  and 
handling  equipment  for  the  vending 
industry.  NRI  became  a wholly  owned 
subsidiary  in  1959. 

In  1960,  UMC  bought  Glasco  Cor- 
poration, the  pioneers  in  the  pre-mix 
soft-drink  machine  field.  Glasco,  now 
a division  of  UMC  Industries,  has  its 
plant  and  headquarters  at  Barnhart, 
Mo. 

In  July,  1961,  UMC  acquired  ex- 
clusive North  American  distribution 
and  assembly  rights  for  the  versatile 
vending  machine  line  of  Wittenborg, 
Denmark.  The  Danish  firm  is  a lead- 
ing producer  of  hot  and  cold  food  and 
general  merchandise  vendors  in  Eu- 
rope. 

The  acquisition  of  Lennox  Manu- 
facturing Company,  of  Chicago  in 
the  spring  of  1964,  gave  UMC  added 
strength  in  the  beverage  vendor  field. 
Lennox,  which  now  is  a UMC  divi- 
sion, is  an  outstanding  producer  of 
beverage  vending  equipment.  Its  prod- 
ucts include  National  Vendors’  cold 
drink  and  hot  beverage  merchan- 
disers. 

As  UMC  Industries  has  expanded 
in  the  field  of  automatic  merchandis- 
ing, it  has  held  to  these  goals:  to 
unite  proven  leaders,  thus  giving 
them  greater  strengths  to  serve  the 
vending  industry,  and  to  advance  the 
development  of  automatic  merchan- 
dising. 


ARA  Announces 
Record  Earnings 
For  1966:  Up  21% 

PHILADELPHIA — Automatic  Retail- 
ers of  America,  Inc.,  announced  new 
record  highs  in  sales  and  earnings  for 
its  1966  fiscal  year  ended  Sept.  30. 

Davre  J.  Davidson,  chairman,  re- 
ported preliminary  figures  showed 
revenues  rose  to  $303,540,000  vs. 
$260,104,000  for  1965.  Pre-tax  income 
rose  to  $13,251,000  — a 21  per  cent 
gain  over  last  year.  Net  income  in- 
creased to  $7,748,000  from  $6,536,000 
— an  increase  of  19  per  cent.  Earnings 
per  share  in  the  recent  period  were 
$2.30 — an  increase  of  15  per  cent.  This 
earnings  per  share  figure  is  after  the 
retirement  of  convertible  securities 
into  common  stock  during  the  second 
half  of  the  year. 

Davidson  noted  that  pre-tax  profits 
rose  more  rapidly  than  revenues,  re- 
fiecting  company  efficiency  programs 
for  profit  improvement 

In  May  and  June  all  convertible 
debt  and  preferred  securities  were 
called,  increasing  book  value  per  com- 
mon shares,  raising  equity  as  per  cent 
of  total  capitalization,  and  increasing 
financial  strength.  Earnings  per  share 
before  conversion  would  have  been 
$2.35. 


^^The  Flying  Wedge  Four^^ 


Season’s  Greetings  to  Our  Many  Friends 


CHICAGO  COIN’S 


Thank  You  for  the 
Wonderful  Reception! 


Operators  Everywhere  State: 
This  is  a real  Money-Maker . 
with  great  Player  Appeal!” 


STILL  GOING  STRONG! 


A Realistic  Telescopic  Sight! 
Two  Separate  Target  Areas! 


Mfrs.  \ 
of 

PROVEN 

PROFIT  MAKERS 
, Since  . 
k 1931  ,4 


STILL  DELIVERING 


YOU  CAN’T  MISS 


CHICAGO  COIN  MACHINE  DIV. 

CHICAGO  DYNAMIC  INDUSTRIES 


1725  W.  DIVERSEY  BLVD.,  CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS  60614 


Johnson,  Ross,  Gregg  and  Peteet  Whiz  Into  Houston 


Taking  a break  between  seminars  at 
Gulf  Coast,  Wurlitzer  service  manager 
C.  B.  Ross,  left,  strikes  a proud  pose 
with  L.  C.  Butler,  head  of  Gulf  Coast. 
Classes  were  held  in  the  new  Ramada 
Inn  in  Houston — first  time  ever  for 
a factory  school  in  the  area. 


HOUSTON— L.  C.  Butler,  president 
of  Gulf  Coast  Distributing  Company, 
was  host  in  November  to  a -visiting 
team  of  Wurlitzer  field  service  engi- 
neers— the  “Flying  Wedge  Four’’  of 
Walt  Peteet,  Karel  Johnson,  Harry 
Gregg  and  C.  B.  Ross — conducting 
the  first  factory  service  school  ever 
held  in  the  area.  Subject  was  the 
Wurlitzer  “Americana”  coin-operated 


phonograph. 

Butler  treated  many  of  the  attend- 
ees to  seats  in  the  Houston  Astro- 
dome for  a look  at  the  Clay-Williams 
boxing  match,  then  back  it  was  to  the 
new  Ramada  Inn  for  the  classes. 
Butler  said  the  attendance  “was  out- 
standing— everybody  got  what  they 
came  for.”  Then  the  Flying  Wedge 
Four  moved  on. 


The  Flying  Wedge 
Four,  left  to  right:  Ross, 
Karel  Johnson,  Harry 
Gregg  and  Walt  Peteet, 
sans  parachute.  Minutes 
later  they  packed  their 
bags  and  disappeared 
into  the  sunset. 


Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


59 


MANUFACTURERS  NEW  EQUIPMENT 

CURRENTLY  IN  PRODUCTION 


ALL-TECH  INDUSTRIES 
Ace  New  Yorker  (4?"x85'') 
Gold  Crest  6 (46"'x78^ 

Gold  Crest  7 (52''x92’') 

Gold  Crest  8 (57"x101") 
Gold  Crest  9 (64"xn4") 
Champion  Slot  _Car_ 

Sett!  Cor  Kiddie  Ride 
Chuck  Wogon 
Sante  Fe  Express 
Fire  Engine 
Stage  Cooch 
Indian  Scout 
Satellite  Explorer 
Helicopter 


AMERICAN  MACHINE  & FOUNDRY  CO. 

American  Speedwoy 
Little  Indy 


AMERICAN  SHUFFLEBOARD  CORP. 

Electro  "6"  6'  (6-pkt.  table) 

Electro  "7"  (7'  6-pkt.  table) 

Electro  "8"  (8'  6-pkt.  table) 

Classic  "6"  (6'  6-pkt.  table) 

Classic  "7"  (7'  6-pkt.  toble) 

Classic  "8"  (8'  6-pkt.  table) 

Imperial  Shutfleboard  (16'  to  22') 

Imperial  Cushion  Model  (12') 

Bank  Shot  Model  (9') 

Shuttle  '88' 


AUTOMATICS  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 

Smokeshop  "Satellite"  630;  18  Sel.  Cap.  630 
Smokeshop  "Satellite"  850;  27  Sel.  Cap.  850 
Smokeshop  Modular  "900";  18  Sel.  Cap.  900 
Candyshop  "100"  Ten  Columns  400  Capacity — 
Candy;  Six  Columns.  200  Capacity— Gum  & 
Mint.  First  in-First  out  Feature.  Multiple 
Pricing.  Changemaker  Optional. 


AUTO  PHOTO  CO. 

Model  12  Studio 


BALLY  MFG.  CO. 

Loop  The  Loop  2P  (9/66) 
Campus  Queen  4P  (8/66) 

Six  Sticks  6P  (3/66) 

Folies  Bergeres  Bingo  (11/65) 
1966  Bally  Bowler  A/66) 
Deluxe  Fun  Cruise  IP  (11/66) 
Bazaar  IP  (11/66) 


CHICAGO  COIN  MACHINE 

Kicker  IP  (8/66) 

Hula-Hula  2P  (5/66) 

Imperial  Puck  Bowler  6P  (9/66) 
TV  Baseboll  2P  (3/66) 

Flair  Bowler  (9/66) 

Super  Scope  Gun  (10/66) 


COIN  AMUSEMENT 

V-Back  Shutfleboard 


COLOR-SONICS,  INC. 

Colorama  2600 

Combo  152  (To  be  released) 


DANCARR  MUSIC 

Wollbox  conversion  unit 


DuKANE  CORP. 

Ski  'n  Shore 
Grand  Prix  Racewoy 
Tag-lt 


FISCHER  MFG.  CO.,  INC. 

COIN 

Empress  10!  (101") 

Empress  92  (92") 

Regent  91  (91") 

Regen;  H (77") 

Fiesta 

77C  (77"  x 45"  x 31Vi") 
Regent  35C  (3'  x 6') 

. Rsgent  S :C'(92"  x 52"  x 31Vi") 


J.  F.  FRANTZ  MFG.  CO. 

Little  Leaguer  (12/62) 
Double  Header  (12/62) 
Save  Our  Business 
U.S.  Marshall  5^  Gun 
Kicker  & Catcher 
ABT  Challenge  Pistol 
ABT  Guesser  Scale 
ABT  Rifle  Sport 
Aristo  Scale 


D.  GOTTLIEB  CO. 

Dancing  Lady  4P  (11/66) 


PAUL  W.  HAWKINS  MFG. 

Rodeo  Pony 

Mustang 

Pony  Cort 

Ben  Hur  Chariot 

Twin  Quarterhorse 

Derby  Pony  Jr. 

Leo  The  Lion 
Sam  The  Clown 
Donny  Duck 


INTERNATIONAL  MUTOSCOPE 

Photomatic  60's 
Plasti-Motie 
Balloon-O-Mat 
Snack  Bar 
Pony  Cart 


IRVING  KAYE  CO.,  INC. 

NON-COIN  MODELS 
Deluxe  Continental  (4Vi'x9') 

Ambassador  70  (85"x47") 

Ambassador  75  (92"x52") 

Ambassador  80  (I06"x58") 

Ambossador  90  (I14"x64") 

COIN-OP  MODELS 

Deluxe  Eldorado  "66"  5 Pkt.  Series 
Mark  I,  77x45 
Mark  II,  86x48 
Mark  III,  92x52 
Mark  IV,  106x58 
Mark  V,  114x64 
Deluxe  Satellite,  77x45 
Deluxe  Klub  Pool 
Regular  56x40 
Jumbo  75x48 

Ring-0  Round  Pool  Table  (56"  diameter) 


MARVEL  MFG.  CO. 

Side-Rail  Elect.  Scoreboard 
Coin  Box 

Cross-mount  Scoreboard 


MIDWAY  MFG.  CO. 

Captain  Kid  Rifle  (9/66) 

Premier  Puck  Shuffle  (4/66) 

Little  League  Baseball 

Mystery  Score  (8/65)  (Novelty  Game) 


MONDIAL  INTERNATIONAL 

Mondial  Shoeshine 


NATIONAL  SHUFFLEBOARD  & 
BILLIARD  CO. 

COIN-OP  MODELS 
Coronet  I 46x78 
Coronet  II  52x92 
Coronet  III  5^105 
Coronet  IV  63x113 


PATTERSON  INT'L  CORP. 

Foosball  Match 
Flip  Match 
Drag  Strip 


Model  500  160-Sel.  Stereo  Speaker  Wallbox  3 

level  personal  pushbutton  volume  control  

Model  501  100-Sel.  Wallbox  

500F  160-Sel.  Wallbox  (50d  chute)  

501 F 160-Sel.  Wallbox  (50d  chute)  

502  Universal  Wall  Box  Bar  Bracket  

1989  Money  Counter  for  Model  418-SA,  424, 
425,  426  


DAVID  ROSEN,  INC. 

Cinejukebox  (audioviz) 
Phono-Voice  Recorder 


ROCK-OLA  MFG.  CO. 

Caravel  le  (20  Col.  800  Packs)  Model  3002 
Cigarette  Machine  

Model  433  GP/Imperial  phonograph.  160  selec- 
tions, 45-33rpm  stereo-monaurol  intermix. 
Console  size. 

Model  432  GP/160  phonograph.  160  selections, 
45-33rpm  stereo-monaural  intermix.  Compact 
size. 

Model  431  Coronado  phonograph.  100  selections, 
45-33rpm  stereo-monaurol  intermix.  Compact 
size. 

Model  430  100-Scl.  Wall  Phono  (33-1/3  Op- 
tional). 

1628  Deluxe  "Stereo  Twins"  Speakers  

1631  "Stereo  Twins  Jr"  Speakers_  

1984  Remote  Volume  Control  Unit  


ROWE  MANUFACTURING 

PHONOGRAPH 

Rowe  AMI  "Music  Merchant" — Model  MM-1 
without  dollar  bill  acceptor.  Model  MM-2  with 
dollar  bill  acceptor.  "Stereo-Round"  Musicon- 
sole — 3-in-l  programming — 200-160-100  se- 
lections— personalized  panel.  Album  and 
single  record  pricing  accepts  dollar  bills,  half 
dollars,  quarters,  dimes  and  nickels.  Plays 
33-1/3  and  45  r.p.m.  records  intermixed, 
stereo  or  monaural.  Phonovue  120-sel.  audio- 
viz component. 

MUSIC  EQUIPMENT 

Wollbox— "Wall-Ette"  #WRA  and  #WRB— 
remote  200  selection  "Stereo  Round"  speoker 
wallbox.  Height  13%".  Width  1614".  Depth 
6V4".  Push-button  volume  control.  Exclusive 
waitress  call  light  button.  Twelve  album  dis- 
play merchandisers.  Persnalization  panel.  Half 
dollor  chute.  Twin  30°  angle  stereo  speakers. 
Unitized  selector  and  speaker  assembly.  Flip- 
out  title  pa^e  unit.  Swing-out,  litt-ott  door. 
Can  be  serviced  from  reor  or  front.  Plug-in 
components. 

HJG— Hideaway — selective  stereo — 200  sel. 

HGG — Hidewoy — selective  stereo — 160  sel. 

HHG — Hideway — selective  stereo — 100  sel. 

R — 2092-A  — Discotheque  Speakers  — Console 
Cabinets. 

EX-401— Wall  Speakers. 

BACKGROUND  MUSIC  SYSTEMS 

Customusic  Prooramaster — background  tape 
music  system— 60  hours  of  continuous  music. 
Exclusive  teatue  avoids  repeating  selections  In 
same  sequence.  Three  exclusive  libraries — 
commercial,  atmosphere,  and  production. 
Available  in  tape  or  9"  records. 

CMR-1  Message  Repeater — self-contoined  rec- 
ord playback  device  tor  automatically  making 
in-store  announcements. 

270— Celebrity  First  In — First  Out;  440  condy, 
200  gum  and  mint  capacity.  Also  pastry  col- 
umns; changemaker. 

277 — Celebrity — 11  columns,  340  items  capacity. 

77 — Candy  Merchandiser — 11  columns.  340 
items — chanqpmoker.  Small  cobinet  model. 

CIGARETTE  VENDORS 

160 — Rowe  Riviera  Cigorette  Console — 20  col- 
umns, 800-pack  capacity.  Electric  coin  mech- 
anism with  mechonicol  totalizer — personali- 
zation panel.  Sove-a-match  feature. 

260— Celebrity  Cigarette — 20_  columns — 800 
packs.  Same  teatues  as  Riviera  in  Celebrity 
cabinet. 

286— Celebrity  Cigarette — 14  columns,  510 
packs.  Manual  coin  mechanism  with  mechan- 
ical totalizer. 

86 — Cigarette  Vendor — 14  columns,  510  packs. 
Manual  coin  mechanism  with  mechanical  to- 
talizer. Small  cabinet  model. 

DOLLAR  BILL  CHANGERS 

6 — Dollar  Bill  Changer.  World's  first  dollor  bill 
changer.  $150  and  $300  capacity.  Heavy  duty 
floor  model. 


THE  SEEBURG  CORP. 

PHONOGRAPHS 

Seeburq  Stereo  Showcase 

160-selections,  33-1/3  ond  45  rpm,  stereo-mono 
play,  rotating  album  display,  optional  dollar 
bill  occepter  and  Income  Totalizer  System, 
balanced  tone  arm  transistorized. 

HLPC-1 — Stereo  LP  Hideawav.  160  selections 
(Up  to  480  selections  with  all  album  program 
minal.  Income  Totalizer.  Plavs  33-1/3  ond 
45  RPM  records  intermixed.  Album  and  uni- 
versal pricing. 

SC-1 — Stereo  Consolctte.  160  selections.  Used 
for  remote  selection  of  any  record  on  LP 
Console  or  Hideaway.  Personalized  panel. 
Album  display  panel.  Album  pricing.  Push- 
button volume  control.  Twin  stereo  speakers. 
Remote  Income  Totalizer.  Polished  chrome  or 
cooper  finish. 

EBCS-1 — Extended  Bass  Consolette  Speaker. 
Provides  full  range  stereo  response  in  con- 
iunction  with  Consolette  speakers. 

SC-11 — Stereo  Communication  Consolette.  Con- 
solette serves  as  Intercom. 

CIM-1— Consolette  Intercom  Master  Unit.  Used 
with  Stereo  Communicotion  Consolette. 

BACKGROUND  MUSIC 

ICK-1 — Intercommunicotion  Consolette  Kit.  Con- 
verts Stereo  Consolette  to  Stereo  Communica- 
tion Consolette. 

BMS-2 — Background  Music  System  1000  Selee^ 
tions. 

BMC-1 — Bockground  Music  Compact,  1,000  Se- 
lections. 

BMCA-1 — Background  Music  Componion  Audio. 
Used  with  Background  Music  Compact  (BMC- 
1) 


MPE-1 — Electronic  Memory  Programmer.  Used 
with  the  Background  Music  Compact  (BMC- 
1)  to  insert  special  announcements  and  com- 
mercials Into  the  background  music  program. 

SABMC-1 — Seeburg  Automatic  Background  Mu- 
sic Center.  For  use  with  FM  Multiplex  Tele- 
phone Lines  and  On-Premise  Locations.  Total 
of  11214  hours  of  music. 

SEP-1 — Seeburg  Encore  Phonograph.  760  Selec- 
tions of  Foreground  Music. 

CANDY  VENDORS 

WIOCNI-Mechontcal.  10  Selections.  220  bar 
capacity. 

W8TIG — Mechanical  8 Selections.  152  bar 

capacity. 

CIGARETTE  VENDORS 

4E6 — Electric.  22  Selections.  825  pack  capacity. 

W20T1 — Mechanical.  20  Selections.  672  pack 
capacity. 

W14T1 — Mechanical.  14  Selections.  510  pack 
capacity. 

MCC-20 — Mechanical.  20  Selections.  720  pack 
copacity. 


TEL-ASIGN 

Scopitone  audio-visual  machine. 

26-inch  screen,  36  film  selections,  continuous 
reel-to-reel  16mm  projection  system,  15  watts 
sound  power. 


UNITED  BILLIARDS 

COIN-OPERATED  TABLES 
"100"  (78x46) 

"200"  (88x51) 

"300"  (93  X 53) 

"400"  (103  X 58) 

"500"  (114  X 64) 


URBAN  INDUSTRIES 

Movie  Theaters 
Model  AP-IO 
Panoram 


U.S.  BILLIARDS,  INC. 

Electro-Pool,  Electric  Pocket  Billiard  Game. 

6 Pkt.  Series: 

Pro  1—78x46 
Pro  2—88x51 
Pro  3—93x53 
Pro  4— 103x58 
Pro  5 — 114x64 

Club  Pool 
56x40 
75x43 

Coin-A-Copy  (Photocopy  unit) 


VALLEY  SALES  CO. 

Bumper  Pool® 

Model  522S/W  Reg.  Size 
Model  785A— 78x45 
Model  875A— 88x50 
Model  935A— 93x53 
Model  1035—100x57 
El  Magnitico  Series 
Model  884—88x50 
Model  934—93x53 
Model  1014— lOlx'7 


WILLIAMS  MFG.  CO. 

Casanova  2P  (12/66) 
Encore  Puck  Bowler  (9/66) 
Aztec  Bowler  (9/66) 


THE  WURLITZER  COMPANY 

PHONOGRAPHS 
Americana  Model  3100 

200-selections,  stereo-mono,  solid-state  ampli- 
fier, 25  watts  per  channel  panoramic  pictorial 
dome  panel  display  or  optnonal  dollar  bill  ac- 
ceptor, Golden  Bar  feature. 

REMOTE  CONTROL  EQUIPMENT 
5220  Wall  Box  200  Select!on-10^-25<-504 

with  L.L.P. 

5220A  Wail  Box  200  Selection-IOd-254-504 

with  L.L.P. 

5225  Wall  Box  100  Selection-10^254-504  with 
Speakers,  Top  Tunes  Golden  Bar  and  L.L.P. 
5225A  Wall  Box  100  Selection-lO^-ZS^-SOr* 

with  L.L.P. 

5010  Wall  Box  Ten  Top  Tune$-504  coin  only 
2S9B  Stepper  100  Selection  for  Model  3010 
261 B Stepper  200  Selection  tor  Model  3000 
5121  Speaker — Private — Wurlitzer  Wall  Box 

Mounting 

5121A  Speaker — Private — Woll  Mounting 
5123  Speaker — Woll  12"  Coaxial 
5125B  Speaker — Extender  (Pocked  in  Poirs) 
Speaker — Directional  (Packed  in  Poirs) 


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Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


NOTICE 

EARLY  CLOSING  NEXT 
WEEK,  ALL  COPY  MUST 
BE  RECEIVED  IN  NEW 
YORK  BY  WEDNESDAY 
DECEMBER  28. 


Charley,  M^Boy! 


The  man  with  the  glass  of  cheer  in 
his  right  hand  and  the  glowing  Rowe 
AMI  “Music  Merchant”  under  his  left 
is  Chuck  Nye  of  Tri-City  Music,  Cali- 
fornia. Chuck  was  the  first  phono- 
graph operator  on  the  West  Coast  to 
have  a “Music  Merchant”  on  location, 
complete  with  the  dollar  bill  acceptor. 


Lenzer  Upped  At 
Interstate  United 

LINCOLNWOOD,  ILL.  — Lester  R. 
Lenzner  has  been  promoted  to  as- 
sistant to  the  vice  president  of  opera- 
tions, Lorron  G.  Caryl,  for  Interstate 
United,  it  was  announced  today  by 
Lorron  G.  Caryl,  vice  president,  opera- 
tions, Interstate  United. 

In  his  new  capacity  he  will  assist 
the  vice  president  of  operations  in  all 
administrative  and  operational  areas. 
Prior  to  this  promotion,  Lenzner  was 
Western  Division  vending  director  for 
Interstate  United  in  Los  Angeles. 

Lenzner  joined  the  Chicago-based 
food  and  vending  company  nine  years 
ago.  Before  that  he  was  the  Western 
Division  Sales  Supervisor  at  Cantrell 
and  Cochrane,  Los  Angeles. 


Walker  Reports  On 
American  Tobacco's 
Profits  For  1966 

NEW  YORK  — Robei-t  B.  Walker, 
president  and  chairman  of  the  board 
of  The  American  Tobacco  Company, 
termed  1966  “an  eventful  year  for  the 
Company — not  only  in  sales  and  earn- 
ings progress,  but  in  changes  designed 
to  broaden  our  capacity  for  growth.” 

“Despite  rising  costs,  we  are  head- 
ing for  a successful  year,  judging  by 
third-quarter  results  and  projections 
for  the  remainder  of  1966,”  Mr. 
Walker  said.  Dollar  sales  and  net  in- 
come for  the  first  nine  months  were 
$1,085,007,000  and  $65,595,000,  re- 
spectively. 

The  Company’s  volume  of  filter  cig- 
arette sales  showed  a noticeable  in- 
crease for  the  year  while  the  volume 
of  nonfilter  cigarettes  followed  a gen- 
eral industry  decline.  In  sharp  con- 
trast to  a downward  trend  of  the  cigar 
industry,  American  Tobacco’s  Cigar 
Division,  the  nation’s  third  largest 
cigar  manufacturer,  scored  impres- 
sive gains  throughout  1966. 

Sunshine  Biscuits’  operations,  ac- 
cording to  Walker,  “are  beginning  to 
show  a favorable  trend.  We  expect 


4-P^a^ 


9 Big-Action  Features 


Superb  light-box  animation  presents  a 
• beautiful  ballerina  dancing  on  stage 
throughout  play  of  game. 


n New  carousel  roto-unit  scores  up  to  500 
points  on  numbered  targets  and  ‘‘shoot 
again"  feature  on  star  target. 


2 Full  top  to  bottom  exciting  playboard 
action. 


CT  New  decagon  score-indicating  unit  gives 
ultra-efficient  performance 


New  automatic  electric  ball-lift  for  faster 


more  convenient  play. 


New,  illuminated,  score-card  holder  in- 
• eludes  new  easy-to-read  ‘‘Balls  to  Play" 
and  “Game  Over"  lights. 

Q New,  all-stainless  steel  front  molding,  pro- 
vides  a fresh  clean  appearance  and  com 
forfable  feel. 

Q New,  triple  coin-chute  combinations,  now 
available  for  increased  convenience  and 
earning  power. 


Season^s  Qreetings 


Sunshine  to  be  an  important  factor 
in  both  our  immediate  and  long-range 
growth  plans.”  Another  promising 
nontobacco  venture  was  an  agreement 
signed  in  December  for  the  purchase 
of  a majority  interest  in  the  James 
B.  Beam  Distilling  Co.  The  Chicago- 
based  distributor  of  Jim  Beam  Ken- 
tucky Straight  Bourbon  Whiskey  and 
other  liquor  products  reported  sales 
of  $100,812,331  and  net  income  of 
$7,024,314  for  the  year  ended  June 
30,  1966. 

Walker’s  outlook  for  1967  is  one 
of  guarded  optimism:  “While  we  ex- 
pect to  benefit  from  the  2%  growth 
prediction  for  the  industry,  our  specu- 
lations must  take  into  account  the 
shifting  climates  in  which  the  tobacco 
industry  operates  today.  We  look  to- 
ward significant  improvements  in  our 
profit  picture  from  improved  plant 
efficiency  with  resultant  reductions  in 


operating  costs.  Present  diversifica- 
tion and  the  addition  of  the  Beam 


Company  should  enhance  return  on 
investment  of  the  Company’s  capital.” 


■TAKE  ADVANTAGE 
ANNUAL  JANUARY 


OF  CLEVELAND  COIN  MACHINE'S" 
SALE  FOR  IMMEDIATE  CLEARANCE 


Up  to  100  Various 
types  of 

SHUFFLE  ALLEYS 
At  $75  each — in  iots 
of  5 or  more  $50 
pius  an  additionai 
$15  for  crating. 
Ciean  and  in  working 
order. 

5 FLINT  STONE 
AGE  KIDDIE  RIDES 
$295  each 
Beautiful  condition 
WE  NEED 
Scoring  Glass  for 
Genco  2 PI.  Basket- 
ball. 

PIN  GAMES 

Buckaroo.  North  Star, 
Rack-A-Ball,  Cara- 
velle.  World’s  Fair, 
Kings  & Queens, 
Bank-A-Ball. 

MUSIC 

A.M.I.  models  H-l-J- 
K-200  preferably  me- 
chanicals. 

BOWL-A-RAMAS 


PIN  GAMES 

A Go-Go,  4 pi.  . . . 
Aces  High,  4 pi 
Bonanza  2 pi. 

Bronco  2 pi.  . 

Bull  Fight  1 pi 
Eager  Beaver  2 pi. 
Hula  Hula  2 pi 
Kicker  1 pi,  . 
Paradise  2 pi. 
Seashore  2 pi. 

Slick  Chick  1 pi. 
Sweetheart  1 pi. 

Top  Hand  1 pi. 
Thorobred  2 pi. 
Pot-O-Gold  2 pi. 


$595 

350 

295 

225 

325 

345 

395 

325 

395 

315 

195 

225 

345 

375 

425 


MUSIC 


Wurlitzer 

2500  $450 

2600  550 

2700  650 

2800  750 

2900  825 

A.M.I. 

Lyric  $295 

Continental  2-200  . 425 

J.A.L 475 

Tropicana  650 

Diplomat  775 


ROCK-OLA 

1455  $210 

1465  265 

1475  315 

1485  395 

1495  465 

SEEBURG  W 

201  $365 

222  450 

AQ-160  475 

AY-160  595 

DS-160  645 


CC^V^LAND 


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Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


ADVERTISING  SECTION 


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RECORD  RIOT,  455,  BRAND  NEW  RECORDS. 
Some  late  hits,  $6.50  per  100,  $65.00  per 
1000.  All  orders  shipped  irnmediately.  bena 
check  with  order  for  prepaid  Postag^  Ordy 
in  United  States.  RELIABLE 
BOX  136,  GLEN  OAKS  POST  OFFICE,  GLEN 
OAKS,  N.Y.  11004  PHONE:  (212)  343-5881. 


FOR  SALE;  OFF  OUR  OWN  ROUTES,  CLEAN, 
mechanically  reconditioned,  5 Balls 
Along,  Flying  Chariots,  El  Toro:  51 /P- 
Jumpin  Jacks,  Gi  Gi:  5' 

Sunset,  Lancer,  Tom  Tom,  $135.  Big  0®®j  < 
Aloha,  Flying  Circus,  Preview,  Ro^ck  A Ball, 
Cover  Girl,  $125.  Foto  Finish,  Tropic  Isle, 
$100  00.  Atlas,  Double  Action,  Gondolier, 
Lite  A Card,  Melody  Lane,  7 Seas,  Made- 
moiselle, Roto  Pool,  Miss  Annabel  e,  $75. 
STAN  HARRIS  CO.,  508  W.  VENANGO  ST., 
PHILA.,  PA.  PHONE  BA  3-5362. 


ATTENTIONI  we  are  THE  TRADE  S LARGEST 
suppliers  of  Pool  Table  supplie^  slates, 
cues,  balls,  cloth,  etc.  Best  quality,  lowest 
Dnces  write  or  phone  tor  our  new  catalog 
EaItERN  N(3VELTY  DISTRIBUTORS,  37* 
TONNELE  AVE.,  NORTH  BERGEN.  N.  J. 
(Tel.  UNion  3-8627). 


SEEBURG  L.P.C.  #480,  ROCKOLA  OI^ND 
Prix  and  many  others.  Sove  Money — Write 
rsr  Wire  vouT  needs.  Lowest  Prices.  bbA- 
CO/^T  DISTRIBUTORS,  1200  NORTH  AVE., 
ELIZABETH,  N.J.  (Tel:  Bl  8-3524). 

KLOPP  COIN  COUNTERS  WE  MANUFACTURE 
and  sell  the  finest  low  priced  coin  counting- 
packaging and  coin  sorfino  machine?  avail- 
able. Write  for  ^ofads-  KLOeP  ENGINEER- 
ING, INC.  35561  SCHOOLCRAFT  RD.  LI- 
VONIA, MICHIGAN  48151. 


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AVAILABLE;  COIN  MACHINE  MECHANIC — 
slots,  consoles,  bingos.  35  years  experience. 
Sober,  finest,  relioble.  Car,  tools,  will  go 
anywhere.  PINKY  HUGHES,  2517  Mountain 
Road,  Pasadena,  Moryand.  

USED  SIX-CARD  PINBALL  MACHINES:  .BAR- 
rel-O-Fun.  Lotto  Fun,  Shoot-A-Line,  Lite-A- 
Line,  Venus,  Super  Wildcats.  Uprights:  Red 
Arrow,  Flashback,  Shawnee  & Sweet  Shaw- 
nee. Write:  MONROE  D.  BRANDT  829 
EAST  MARKET  ST.,  YORK,  PA.  PHONE; 
755-3129.  

LP.'#,  CUTOUTS,  OVERSTOCKS,  CLOSEOUTS 
SURPLUS.  ANY  LABELS.  For  premiums  and 
fllveoways.  New  merchandise  only.  We  pay 
cosh.  Small  or  large  lots.  EMPIRE  DIST^B- 
UTING  CO.,  4610  LIBERTY  AVE.,  PITTS- 
BURGH 24,  PA.  (Tel.  (412)  682-8437). 

WANTED:  WILD  ARROWS.  Write  or  phpi^: 
fSnEST  JOHN'S,  2456  LAS  VEGAS  BLVD., 
SOUTH,  LAS  VEC^AS,  NEVADA,  382-3633. 

USED  45  RPM  RECORDS,  ALL  TYPES  AS 
they  run,  right  off  the  route.  No  sorting 
or  picking,  we  pay  freight  from  anywhere 
in  U.S.A.  Stonding  order  available  for  reg- 
ular shippers.  JALEN  AMUSEMENT  CO 
1215  S.  HOWARD  STREET-— BALTIMORE, 
MD.  21230. 

RECORDS,  45'i  AND  LP's  SURPLUS  R^E- 
tumt,  overstock  cut-outs,  etc.  HARRY 
WARfelNER  KNICKERBOCKER  MUSIC  CO. 
— 453  McLEAN  AVE.,  YONKERS,  N.Y.  (Tel. 
GReenleaf.  6-7778). 

NEW  45  RPM  RECORDS.  NO  QUANTITY  TOO 
large  or  small.  We  pay  the  highest  price, 
plus  all  freight.  Also  over-run  return  hit 
records.  Coritact  immediately  for  quick 
tronsactlon.  We  pay  cosh.  SUTTON  RECORD 
CO. — 26  West  20th  ST. — New  York,  N.Y. 
(Tel.  CH  2-3250). 

USED  45  RPM  RECORDS.  WE  PAY  freight  & 
top  prices.  KING  SALES— 1415  WASHING- 
TON STREET— BOSTON,  MASS. 

45  RPM  RECORDS,  NEW.  NO  QUANTITY  TOO 
large  or  smoll.  Highest  prices  paid.  Write 
stating  quantity  on  bond.  TONY  GALGANO 
DIST.  CO.,,^  4135  W.  ARMITAGE,  CHICAGO 
39,  ILL  (Tel.  Dickens  2-7060). 


WANT  MIDWAY  RED  BALL  IF  YOU  HAVE 
one  or  fifty  w#  con  use  them.  (Unshopped). 
We  pay  cosh.  AMERICAN  MUSIC  CO.,  219 
—1st  AVE.  SOUTH,  GREAT  FALLS,  MON- 
TANA. PHONE  452-7301  or  454-1100. 


WANT:  RECORDS,  45's,  USED  OR  NEW.  ALSO 
LP  stocks,  ony  quantity.  Will  buy  on  steady 
b«ls.  BEACON  RECORD  DISTRIBUTOR^ 
725  BRANCH  AVENUE,  PROVIDENCE,  R.l. 
02904.  PHONE:  UN-1-7500  or  JA-1-5121. 


WE  WANT  TO  BUY:  WILLIAMS  CRAN^, 
Chicogo-Coin  Steam  Shovels.  Co'h.  TRl 
STATE  trading  CO.,  BOX  272.  MILES 
CITY,  MONTANA. 


RECORD  COMPANIES— WANT  ACTION  Dis- 
tribution & Promotion.  Send  your  latest  re- 
ieoses  to  us,  we'll  do  the  rest!  JODY  REC- 
ORD DISTRIBUTING  CO.  2226  MC  DON- 
ALD AVE.,  BROOKLYN,  N.Y.  ES30202. 


WE  WANT  SIX-CARD  MACHINES:  LOTTA 
Fun,  Barrel-O-Fun,  Shoot-A-Line,  Lite-A- 
Line,  Venus.  AMERICAN  MUSIC  MACHINE 
VENDING,  57  S.  PENN,  YORK,  PA.  PHONE: 
843-6201. 


WANT  TO  BUY  USED  AND  NEW  PINBALL 
GAMES  ADDABALL  one  & two  players  every 
kind  of  models  MFD  1964,  1965,  1966  and 
also  guns,  bowlers,  arcade,  make  offer  to 
Roberto  Mauro,  ELECTROPHON,  VIA  MEL- 
CHIORRE  GIOIA  41a,  MILANO  (ITALY). 


WANTED:  DAVAL  FREE  PLAY  COUNTER 
Games,  also  14  Counter  Daval,  Spark,  Mer- 
cury, Ginger.  Cig.  machines  in  good  condi- 
tion. Please  state  best  cash  price  ond 
number  you  have  to  ship  or  pick  up.  CEN- 
TRAL MUSIC  CO.,  407  EAST  AVE.  D,  P.  0. 
BOX  284,  KILLEEN,  TEXAS. 


WANTED— BOWL-A-RAMAS,  PARTS  & EX- 
TENSlOt'lS;  A.M.i.  models  l-J-K-200  selection, 
mechanicoi  and  electrical;  PONY  EXPRESS 
GUNS  8*  PLAYLAND  GUNS;  AUTO  PHOTOS 
#12;  ALL  TYPES  OF  ADD-A-BALLS. 
Ctr'/ELA.NO  COIN  INTERNATIONAL,  2029 
Pwspici,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Tel.  216-861-671 5. 


WAbm  SERVICEMA.N  FOR  SEEBURGS,  POOL 
tobte  and  pins.  Write  Louco  Amusements 
Ceeinfvsn-  2514  Atlantic  Ave.,  Atlantic 
City,  N.J,  08401 


PENNSYLVANIA  OPERATORS 
c"..  L-.  ra  Funs,  Barrels  Of  Funs,  Shoot 

..ite  A Lines,  Venus's,  El  Ranchos, 
■ cm,  And  Up  Rights.  Will  Pick  Up. 
L.  A p,  MUSIC,  27  E.  PHILADELPHIA 
irpsrr.  YORK,  PA.  PHONE  848-1846. 
PHL.  DASfE. 


WANTED— YOUR  USED  45  RPM  RECORDS. 
We  pay  freight  and  up  to  13*.  REC-O-RAC 
942  DEODAR.  ESCONDIDO,  CALIFORNIA. 
(TEL.  714-745-5942). 


WANT— BASEBALLS,  POOL  TABLES,  SHUF- 
fleboard  Scoring  Units,  Shuffleboards  with 
anti-cheats.  Guns,  Bear  Guns,  Coon  Hunts, 
Arcade  Equipment,  Personal  Music.  Write 
stating  make,  model,  condition  and  best 
cash  price.  ST.  THOMAS  COIN  SALES,  669 
TALBOT  ST.,  ST.  THOMAS,  ONTARIO,  CAN- 
ADA. Areo  519-631-9550. 


SELL  YOUR  SURPLUS  45'S  TO  THE  NATION'S 
largest  user.  We  are  the  nation's  foremost 
packager  of  promotionally  priced  record 
packs.  We  purchase  unlimited  quantities  on 
o steady  basis.  Wire — phone  for  quick  deol. 
NATIONAL  BAG-O-TUNES,  P.O.  BOX  569, 
1217-19-21  SIMPSON  AVENUE,  OCEAN 
CITY,  NEW  JERSEY  08226. 


WANT:  TWO  TOP  NOTCH  SERVICEMEN  FOR 
route  work  on  bingos  and  jukeboxes.  These 
openings  are  due  to  expansion.  Good  work- 
ing conditions  with  well  established  company. 
This  job  is  permanent  and  salary  to  com- 
mensurate with  ability.  Cole  Henry,  Star 
Amusement  Co.,  136  State  Street,  West 
Columbio,  South  Carolina.  Tel.:  256-1429. 


WANT;  NEW  OR  USED  45  RPM  SINGLE  NOT 
over  6 months  old.  We  pay  1 1 4 each  ond 
the  freight  and  we  can  use  200  of  one 
number.  Phone:  312-344-3300.  CHAS. 
ALZNER,  508  Washington  Blvd.,  Maywood, 
llinois. 


WANTED — 10  WILLIAMS  4-PLAYER  MARDI 
Gras.  Write  or  coll  Heath  Soles  Company, 
655  Second  Street,  Macon,  Georgia. 


GERMAN  FOOSBALLS,  FORRESTER  ONL'iL 
New  or  if  used,  describe  condition.  BUDGE 
WRIGHT'S  WESTERN  DISTRIBUTORS,  1226 
SW  16th  AVE.,  PORTLAND,  OREGON. 


DESIRE  DISTRIBUTOR  OR  LARGE  RECORD  RE- 
toiler  from  Montreal  or  Toronto  to  purchase 
Canadian-mode  hi-line  LP's.  All  cream  and 
chart  music.  Unlimited  supply — stereo  or 
mono.  $1 .85  each.  Strict  confidence,  cosh 
only.  Write  to  Box  770  c/o  Cosh  Box,  1780 
B'way,  N.Y.  N.Y.  10019. 


WANTED  TO  BUY:  ROCK-OLA  1558  (160 
Selection)  Wall  Boxes.  Write  or  call  Bird 
Music  Distributors,  Inc.,  124-126  Poyntz 
Avenue,  Monhotton,  Kansos.  Area  Code 
913-Prescott  8-5229. 


FOR  SALE 


ADD-A-BALLS — Wing  Ding  $225;  Swing  Time 
$150;  Vagobond  $125;  Bowl-A-Strike  $350; 
Polooka  $75;  Flipper  $75;  Flipper  Parade 
$75;  Square  Head  $150;  Flipper  Clown 
$100.  Completely  shopped — Ready  for  lo- 
cotion.  Sutherland  Distributing  Compony, 
705  N.W.  4th,  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma. 
Phone  (405)  CE  6-3691. 


"ATTENTION  OPERATORS,  DISTRIBUTORS — 
New,  proven.  Personal  Stereo-Coin  Minute- 
Music  Systems  moke  twice  the  money,  cost 
only  holf  as  much  as  ordinary  Juke-Box. 
Locations  easier.  Servicing  No  Problem. 
Personal  Music.  Kirk  International  Music 
Division,  PO  Box  7633-Orlando,  Florida." 


WM's  WORLD  SERIES  $275.00.  CHICO  TRI- 
umph  shuffle  $395.00.  Wurl.  5210  w/b's 
$29.50.  Seeb.  OWI's  $14.00.  Cent.  Corsair 
30  col.  cig.  $200.00.  Gott.  Texan  4 pi.  FP 
$150.00.  Captl.  Drive  in  sound  Movie  Cor 
$100.00.  GRECO  BROS.  AMUSEMENT  CO., 
1288  B'WAY,  ALBANY,  N.Y.  PHONE: 
HO-5-0228. 


UPRIGHTS,  BINGOS,  ONE-BALLS:  TWIN 
WILD  CAT,  TWIN  RED  ARROW,  TWIN 
TIM  BUC  TOO.  All  Bingos— ALL  BINGOS — 
TURF  KINGS,  ONE  BALLS  AND  CLAW 
MACHINES.  NEW  ALL  ELECTRIC  HOPPER 
PAYOUT  FRUIT  (SLOT)  MACHINES.  Write: 
CROSS-DUNHAM  & CO.,  255  Wright  Ave. 
"F",  Greotno,  La.  Tel  367-4365. 


ACE  LOCKS  KEYED  ALIKE.  SEND  LOCKS  AND 
the  key  you  want  them  mastered  to.  $1.00 
each  less  10%  lots  of  50  or  more.  RANDEL 
LOCK  SERVICE,  61  ROCKAWAY  AVENUE, 
VALLEY  STREAM,  N.Y.  1 1580.  TEL:  516- 
VA5-6216.  Our  35th  year  in  vending. 


ATTENTION  OPS!  GET  LOWDOWN  PRICES 
on  all  billiard  supplies  coin  machine  ports, 
accessories,  etc.  DIAMOND  COIN  MACHINE 
EXCHANGE,  609  WOODIS  AVE.,  NORFOLK, 
VIRGINIA.  (Tel.  625-1716). 


WE  HAVE  A CHOICE  SELECTION  OF  LATE 
Williams  Two  Players.  Write  for  prices  MID- 
WEST DIST,,  709  LINWOOD  BLVD.— KAN- 
SAS CITY,  MO. 


POKERINO,  RECONDITIONED,  REFINISHED 
in  Blond  Birch,  with  new  drop  enute,  points, 
sockets,  wire,  knock  off,  trim,  bock-glass, 
ploytield  decals.  Write  tor  details.  New 
socket  and  point  drop  board  wired  tor  your 
games.  JAMES  TRAVIS — P.O.  BOX  206 
MILLVILLE,  N.J.  08332 


FOR  SALE;  COMPLETELY  RECONDITIONED— 
2410-$375.00;  2400-$395.00;  251 0-$445.00; 
2500-$495.00;  2600-$545.00;  2700-$625.00; 
2800-$695.00.  Northwest  Sales  Co.  of  Ore- 
gon, 1040  S.  W.  2nd.  Ave.,  Portland, 
Oregon  97204.  Phone  503-228-6557. 


FIVE-BALL  GAMES,  CLEAN,  READY  FOR  Lo- 
cation. Gott.  Preview  2 PI.  $150.00,  Gott. 
Texan  4 PI.  $95.00,  Gott.  Aloha  2 PI. 
$150.00,  Gott.  Lancer  2 PI.,  $150.00, 
Williams  Music  Man  4 PI.  $75.00,  Williams 
Valiant  2 PI.  $135.00.  Terms  1/3  deposit, 
bol.  sight  draft  C.O.D.  TRI-STATE  DIS- 
TRIBUTING COMPANY,  P.O.  BOX  615, 
CALLIER  SPRINGS  ROAD,  ROME,  GEORGIA. 
PHONE;  404-234-7123. 


FOR  SALE— DOWNEY-JOHNSON  COIN  COUN- 
ter  with  1-5-10-25-50  cent  coin  tubes.... 
Slick  Chick  Tropic  Isle  . . . Want — Seeburq 
201  DH  phono.  NOBRO  NOVELTY  CO.,  142 
DORE  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF., 
PH.  415  621-5438 


IF  IT'S  PANORAM  PARTS  YOU  WANT 
PHIL  GOULD  HAS  'EM.  ALL  TYPES  OF 
FILMS  FOR  Panorom  Peeks.  PHIL  GOULD 
—224  market  ST.— NEWARK,  N.J.  (Tel 
201-MArkef  4-3297). 


WE  HAVE  A LARGE  SELECTION  OF  USED 
pingomes,  bowlers,  arcade  equipment,  verid- 
ing  and  phonographs.  Direct  overseas  ship- 
ment from  Port  of  Detroit.  MARTIN  AND 
SNYDER  COMPANY,  13200  W.  WARREN 
DEARBORN,.  MICHIGAN  48126  PHONE 
LU  2-2300. 


FOR  SALE — WE  CARRY  A COMPLETE  LINE 
of  coin  counters,  (new  or  used)  coin  sorters, 
coin  changers,  coin  wrappers,  parts  and 
supplies.  Globe  Distributing  Co.,  Inc.,  233C 
N Western  Ave.,  Chicago  47,  III.  AR 
6-0780. 


NEW — WHOLESALE  PRICES  TO  OPERATORS 
purchasing  new  coin  operated  "Kindertainer" 
amusement  rides  for  leosing  or  resale. 
United  Tool  & Engineering  Co.  mfr.,  9970 
Springfield  Pike,  Cincinnati,  Ohio  45215. 
Phone  513-771-3790. 


SOUTHLAND  ENGINEERING'S  NEW  IMPROVED 
model  "Time  Trials"  in  original  cartons 
$495.  IMPERIAL  COIN  MACHINE  EX- 
CHANGE INC. — 498  ANDERSON  AVENUE. 
ri  icccinc  papic  N I 


SEEBURG:  LPC-1  $825.00,  LPC-480  $925.00, 
222HR  $450.00,  HFIOOR  restyled  $275.00, 
lOOJ  $295.00.  Shopped  and  painted,  ready 
for  location.  WILLIAMS:  All  1966,  Eight 
Ball  $450.00,  Full  House  $350.00,  Pitch 
& Bat  baseball  $525.00.  Call  or  write. 
Operators  Sales,  Inc.,  4122  Washington  Ave., 

s.  ■ ^ I t 


FOR  SALE:  BALLY  SPECIALS  BOUNTYS  $495; 
Silver  Sails  $450;  Golden  Gates  $450;  Lidos 
$395;  Roller  Derbys  $350:  Border  Beautys 
and  up,  write.  Cleaned  & Shopped.  Call 
Nastasi  Distributing  Company,  826  Beronne 
Street,  New  Orleans,  Louisiana  70113, 
Phones  (523-6386)  (523-1471)  ....  NOW! 


FOR  SALE— RELAXALATORS:  JUST  OFF  Lo- 
cation, almost  like 

MIKE  MUNVES  CORP.,  577  10  AVE.,  NEW 
YORK  NY  10036. 


FOR  SALE:  TEN  22-COLUMN  NATIONAL  CIO 
arette  Vendors.  Clean  and  completa, 
$265.00  ea.  Write,  Wire  or  call.  First  Coma, 

First  served.  Money  Order  d^oMt  rec^lred. 

R F JONES  CO  375  SOUTH  2ND  WEST, 
SALT  l5kE  city,  UTAH.  (AREA  801).  359- 


FOR  SALE:  25  ASSORTED  N^ 

$15.00.  Our  Choice  Guoronteed  New  33  l/J 
RPM  LP  Albums — Mailed  Insured— Post- 
paid— Limited  Sale  Offer  Good  Only  in 
USA.  Send  Check  or  Money  Or(^r--No 
COD'S.  UNCLE  JIM  O'NEAL— BOX  A— 
ARCADIA,  CALIF.  91006. 


OLDIES  CATALOGUE  — 45  PAGES  — 2,000 
titles  with  dotes — A must  for  dealers,  dee- 
jays,  distributors.  Somple, 

$100.  RECORD  rendezvous,  1004  PACI- 
FIC AVENUE,  ATLANTIC  CITY,  NEW  JER- 
SEY 08401. 


FOR  SALE:  SLOT  MACH.  ROUTE,  LAS  VEGAS, 

Nevada.  All  gobbling  licenses  inc^d^.  Or 
will  consider  partner.  BARRE^ COIN  MACH. 
CO.,  2329  ALTA  DR.,  LAS  VEGAS,  NEVADA. 


FOR  SALE:  COMPLETELY  RECONDI^TIONED: 
Wurlitzer  2800-7  $595;  2810-3  $545, 

Rock-Ola  1478  $245;  414  $445;  AMI  J120E 
$195;  Bally  Mad  World  $245;  ^Id  Rush 
$345;  United  Line-Up  Shuffle  $95,-  Sure 
Fire  Shuffle  $95.  MICKEY  ANDERSON 
AMUSEMENT  CO.,  314  EAST  IITH  STREET, 
ERIE,  PA.  PHONE:  452-3207. 


for  SALE:  CLEAN  GAMES  READY  TO  OPER- 
ote.  Soccer  $175,  Bowling 
Bank-A-Ball  $325,  Full  Hou^  $350,  Swing- 
A-Long  $175,  Flying  Circus  $125,  Beat  The 
Clock  $175.  World  Foir  $’75  Goucho  $200 
Liberty  Belf  150,  Tom  Tom  $1 50,  Skill  Pool 
$150,  North  Star  $275,  Sky  Line  $275. 
Write  or  coll  D.  & P.  MUSIC,  27  PFIl^" 
DELPHIA  ST.,  YORK,  PA.  PHONE:  848-1846 

FOR  SALE;  BALLY  2NL  $225.;  GRAND  TOUR 
$195.,  Gottlieb:  Slick  Chick  $115.,  Corral 
$110.,  Preview  $250.,  Flipper  Foir  $j0p., 
Keeney:  Arrowhead  $250.,  Wms  Major 
League  Boseball  $250.,  Midway 
ing  Gallery  $250.,  Arizono  Gun  $250.  D & 
L Coin  Machine  Co.,  414  Kelker  St.,  Harris- 
burg, Pa.  Phone:  234-1051. 


FOR  SALE  — PRICE  REDUCED — PHONE;  — 
Wurlitzer  3010  — 2910  — 2810  — ^10, 
Chicago  Coin  Supersonic;  Knowledge  Com- 
puter; NEW  Chicago  Coin  Par  Golf.  REDD 
DISTRIBUTING  COMPANY,  INC.,  672  Mom 
Street,  Hyonnis,  Massachusetts  02601  Tel. 


FOR  SALE;  MAYFAIR  $385.00;  A GO  GO 
$525.00;  Pretty  Baby  $275.00;  Six  Sticks 
$425.00;  Fun  Cruise  $340.00;  Gold  Rush 
$290.00;  Kicker  $310.00;  Little  League 
$300.00.  Also  Beach  Beauty,  Border  Beauty, 
Silver  Sails,  Golden  Gate,  Con  Con,  Lido 
and  others.  New  Orleans  Novelty  Company, 
1055  Dryodes  Street,  New  Orleans,  Lo. 
70113  529-7321,  Coble:  NONOVCO. 


FOR  SALE.  UNITED  SHUFFLES;  CREST  $275; 
Ultra  $295;  Mambo  $495.  MOHAWK  SKILL 
GAMES  CO.,  67  SWAGGERTOWN  ROAD, 
SCOTIA,  N.Y.  12302. 


M ISC. 


HI-SPEED,  SUPER  FAST  SHUFFLE  BOARD  WAX. 
24  one-pound  cans  per  case.  $8.50  f.o.b. 
Dallas,  Texas.  Sold  on  money  bock  guaran- 
tee Distributor  for  D.  Gottlieb,  ChiCoin. 
STATE  MUSIC  DISTRIBUTORS  INC.,  3100 
MAIN  ST.,  DALLAS,  TEXAS. 


FOR  SALE:  JENNINGS  AND  MILLS  FRUIT 
machines  slot  machines  for  export.  Also 
complete  stock  of  fruit  machine  ports.  Call 
or  write  Nevada  Fruit  (Slot)  Machine  Co., 
P.O.  Box  5734,  Reno,  Nevado. 


RECORD  BONANZA  45'S,  BRAND  NEW.  Ex- 
cellent assortment,  late  hits,  oldies,  DJ's 
$6.60  per  hundred;  $56  per  thousand,  post 
paid.  J.M.B.  RECORDS,  P.O.  BOX  2902, 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA.  19126  (215)  WA 

7-0253. 


BEAR  GUN,  NOT  QUITE  COMPLETE  $39.50. 
Please  Write  Budge  Wright's  Western  Dis- 
tributors, 1226  SW  16th  Ave.,  Portland, 
Oregon. 


NEW  FOR  DEEJAYS!  SIX  VOLUME  LIBRARY 
of  6,000  riotous  classified  one-liners,  $5.00 
Copy  of  comedy  monthly  free  with  order! 
"Comedy  Spectacular",  giant  lough  sampler 
of  one-liners,  breaks,  etc.,  $2.00,  Catalog 
free.  EDWARD  ORRIN,  8034  GENTRY,  NO 
HOLLYWOOD,  CALIF.  91605. 


30,000  PROFESSIONAL  COMEDY  LINES! 
Largest  laugh  library  in  show  business. 
ForW  books  of  classified  moterial,  plus  Or- 
ben's  Current  Comedy  the  newsmaking 
topical  gog  service  featuring  hip  dee- 
jay  lines  in  each  issue.  Great  somple 
selection,  $5.00.  Catalog  free.  ORBEN 
DEEJAY  LAUGHS,  3536  Daniel  Crescent. 
Baldwin  Harbor,  N.Y.  11510 


WANTED:  DEALERS  FOR  INSTANT  CAMPER 
Stotion  Mgrs.  announcers  we  will  pay  up  to 
$5.00  per  response.  Instant  Campers  Cus- 
tom built  to  fit  most  Vehicles.  Write  IN- 
STANT CAMPER,  2145  HOLLYWOOD  WAY, 
BURBANK,  CALIFORNIA. 


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Cash  Box — December  31,  1966 


And  Now  A Word  To  All  Contented  Cats . . . . 


Purrrrrrr. 


It’s  a good  feeling  to  have,  contentment.  Business  going  strong,  sales  steady 
or  climbing,  fewer  service  calls,  satisfied  customers,  new  markets  opening. . . . 

It’s  also  good  to  have  a friend,  someone  who  knows  and  cares  about  coin  ma- 
chines, the  industry,  and  its  people. 


That’s  where  Cash  Box  comes  in.  Rain  or  Shine. 

So  the  next  time  you  feel  in  need  of  a friend,  call  us. 
We’ll  be  home. 


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